Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

by Robin Sloan

Book Overview

The New York Times Bestseller

A Winner of the Alex Award, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250037751
• ISBN13: 9781250037756
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Picador Paper
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful fantasy but not for me.

I read almost 1/3 of this book trying to learn to love fantastic genres along with my usual romance novels. Just couldn’t make it happen. It was a very intelligent and provoking story for anyone who likes sci~fi and mystery. It probably deserved a 5 but since I didn’t finish it I gave it a 4.

One of my favorites

Absolutely love this book

A book for book lovers

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I'm not usually into sci-fi or suspensful books, but I really love books about books. Also crazy to think about Google and all the pots they are dipping there fingers into.

Memorable Book

The story itself was a little YA for my usual taste. However, I did enjoy the story which focuses on the concept of accepting new technologies and methods without discarding the old. They each have their place in this book. It teaches lessons about being fearless in the face of change and about perseverance despite past failures. Overall the story left me feeling optimistic.

One of my favourite books.

This book is fantastic. Really easy to read, and has a great storyline that is very easy to follow. My favourite part is the description of the bookstore.