The Case of the Missing Books

Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he had in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment, as he prepares to drive a mobile library around a small, damp Irish town. After all, the scenery is lovely, the people are charming--but where are the books? The rolling library's 15,000 volumes have mysteriously gone missing, and it's up to Israel to discover who would steal them . . . and why. And perhaps, after that, he will tackle other bizarre and perplexing local mysteries--like, where does one go to find a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper?

Author: Ian Sansom
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 01/02/2007
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.32w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780060822507

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/30/2006 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2006 pg. 1049
Booklist 12/01/2006 pg. 28
Entertainment Weekly 01/12/2007 pg. 83
Booksense Picks 03/01/2007 pg. 1
Romantic Times 01/01/2007 pg. 83 - Very Good

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.