The House of Marvellous Books
Marshall, Fiona Vigo2023
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Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the centre of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. With assistant Ursula asleep at her desk, head publisher Gerard going health and safety mad, and chief editor Drusilla focused on finding a supposedly priceless but famously missing manuscript, there is hardly anyone left to steer the ship. Young Mortimer Blackeley-Smith, junior editor, charts the descent of the House in his logbook as it lurches from one failure to the next. Will mysterious Russian buyers, lurking in the wings, finally sink the ship? Or will Drusilla find the legendary Daybreak Manuscript and save the day? With witty and sharp observations, Fiona Vigo Marshall draws upon a career spent working in small publishing houses to create a laugh-out-loud ode to the publishing industry.
Main title:
The House of Marvellous Books / Fiona Vigo Marshall.
Author:
Marshall, Fiona Vigo, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Fairlight Books, 2023.
Collation:
320 pages
ISBN:
9781914148231 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
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BRN:
2619378
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