Published: New York : Macmillan Audio, 2012
Description: 1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN: 9781427227430,
Language: English
Title from: Title details screen
Number of tracks: 7
Duration: 07:41:34
Transfer to Apple device: Yes
OverDrive subjects: Fiction, Literature
A gleeful and exhilarating tale of global conspiracy, complex code-breaking, high-tech data visualization, young love, rollicking adventure, and the secret to eternal life, mostly set in a hole-in-the-wall San Francisco bookstoreThe Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco Web-design drone, and serendipity, sheer curiosity, and the ability to climb a ladder like a monkey has landed him a new gig working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after just a few days on the job, Clay begins to realize that this store is even more curious than the name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything, instead " checking out" impossibly obscure volumes from strange corners of the store, all according to some elaborate, long-standing arrangement with the gnomic Mr. Penumbra. The store must be a front for something larger, Clay concludes, and soon he's embarked..
Requires OverDrive Media Console 1.0 / 1.0 (Windows Mobile)
Format: OverDrive WMA Audiobook
Mode of access: World Wide Web
File size: 110558 KB
In English
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