The Bad Book Affair

"[Israel's] fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters with kooky locals will resonate with Alexander McCall Smith fans." --Publishers Weekly

Author Ian Sansom "clearly loves a good laugh" (Washington Post), as his delightful mystery series featuring rumpled, fish-out-of-water, Jewish vegetarian librarian Israel Armstrong indisputably proves. The Bad Book Affair is Israel's fourth hilarious adventure as he tools around Ireland in a rattletrap bookmobile trying to solve the mystery of a missing teenage girl while trying to keep his mess of a personal life in order. Sansom's Mobile Library Mystery series has made a big splash with critics on both sides of "the Pond." The New York Times Book Review loves their "formidable reserves of insight and humor," while the London Times calls Israel "one of the most original and exciting amateur sleuths around."

Author: Ian Sansom
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 01/01/2010
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.28w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9780061452017

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/15/2009 pg. 22
Publishers Weekly 11/23/2009 pg. 41
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2009
New York Times Book Review 01/24/2010 pg. 22
Library Journal Annex 01/29/2010

About the Author
Sansom, Ian: -

Ian Sansom is the author of 10 books of fiction and non-fiction. He is a former Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a former Writer-in-Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in Belfast. He is currently a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3 and he writes for The Guardian and The London Review of Books.