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The 10th Anniversary Edition of Robin Sloan's New York Times bestseller, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, with a new foreword by Paul Yamazaki and featuring the story Ajax Penumbra 1969.

A winner of the Alex Award and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction
Named a best book of the year by Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and NPR

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few, and they never seem to buy anythinginstead, they check out large, obscure volumes from strange corners of the store.

Suspicious, Clay engineers an analysis of the clientele's behavior, seeking help from his variously talented friends. But whe

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    A Paperback / softback by Robin Sloan, Paul Yamazaki

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      Publisher: Picador USA
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/10/2022
      ISBN13: 9781250870292, 978-1250870292
      ISBN10: 1250870291

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The 10th Anniversary Edition of Robin Sloan's New York Times bestseller, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, with a new foreword by Paul Yamazaki and featuring the story Ajax Penumbra 1969.

      A winner of the Alex Award and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction
      Named a best book of the year by Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and NPR

      The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few, and they never seem to buy anythinginstead, they check out large, obscure volumes from strange corners of the store.

      Suspicious, Clay engineers an analysis of the clientele's behavior, seeking help from his variously talented friends. But whe

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