The Manual of Detection

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Price
$22.00
Publisher
Penguin Books
Publish Date
Pages
288
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.42 X 0.61 inches | 0.53 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780143116516

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About the Author
Jedediah Berry was raised in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. His first novel, The Manual of Detection, won the Crawford Award and the Hammett Prize, and was adapted for broadcast by BBC Radio. His story in cards, "The Family Arcana," was published as a poker deck by Ninepin Press, and was a finalist for a World Fantasy Award. His short fiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best New American Voices and Best American Fantasy. Together with his partner, writer Emily Houk, he runs Ninepin Press, an independent publisher of fiction, poetry, and games. He lives in Western Massachusetts.
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aBryan Burrough has long been one of this nationas best storytellers, but he has outdone himself with his tour de force, "The Big Rich," Set amid the rough and tumble of the Texas oil fields and stretching to the halls of political power in Washington, this epic tale reveals the hidden undercurrents of modern American history that flowed from four families of unimaginable wealth and recklessness. With an unerring eye for detail, Burrough dissects their lives and histories, starting with the patriarchsastruggling, poorly educated men who might have remained forever unknown if not for their success at pulling black ooze from the ground. "The Big Rich" lays bare their arrogance and aspirations, their principles and hypocrisy, their daring and foolishness, taking readers deep inside a world of affluence that has remained secret for far too long. It is, quite simply, a triumph.a
aKurt Eichenwald, author of "The Informant" and "Conspiracy of Fools"
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