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Nicholas Flood, an unassuming eighteenth-century London printer, specializes in novelty books -- books that nestle into one another, books comprised of one spare sentence, books that emit the sounds of crashing waves. When his work captures the attention of an eccentric Slovakian count, Flood... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nicholas Flood: A printer, the books he creates are outstanding- but his search to create a book that never ends undoes him. Or does it?
- Irena: Add a description of this character.
- Ludwig
- Turini
- Pica
- Lobo
- Darka
- Kirshner
- Selim
- Snow
- Francesca
- Meg
- Djinn
- Ezequiel
- Michel
- Mister Zero
- Alam
First Sentence edit
A burning scrap of paper drifts down out of the rain.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Thomas Wharton (Author)
Awards edit
- Governor General's Literary Awards (Finalist, 2001: Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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