"If something isn't aesthetically pleasing or interesting, doesn't require skills I do not have, and makes a stupid point stupidly, I don't appreciate it as art. That doesn't make me a philistine. It makes me a non-rube."

--Jonah Goldberg

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The One with The Bookman's Wake

115. Title & Author: The Bookman's Wake (A Mystery with Cliff Janeway) by John Dunning (432 pages)
Genre: Fiction--Mystery
Completed: 23 September 2009

Summary & Review:
Former Denver police officer and current rare-book dealer Cliff Janeway is recruited to go to Seattle as a bounty hunter to find a woman who is wanted for the theft of an extremely rare book. As he dives deeper in the legend behind the Grayson Press, the publisher of the stolen book, and its deceased creator Darryl Grayson, he soon finds that someone will do anything to protect the man's reputation and place in publishing history.

I think the most interesting part about this book was the information about book collecting. The amount of time and effort some people invest into this hobby is immense. As for the story, it was a pretty entertaining mystery even though I did not fully connect with Janeway, the protagnoist, and I am interested in reading more by Dunning. This book was a gift and recommendation from my in-laws.

Rating: 7.0
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