Set in in a building known only as The Agency in an unknown, somewhat eerie city, the novel features Charles Unwin, a finicky, routine-driven clerk who works for a famous detective named Sivart. But for all that it may resemble, The Manual of Detection is entirely original. An amalgamation of literary fiction, fantasy and mystery, it echoes with tributes to the writing of Borges, Calvino, Auster and Kafka. Jedediah Berry's The Manual of Detection is the sort of novel that is impossible to characterize with any accuracy.
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