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 is exactly what it sounds like: an establishment you have to enter and will never want to leave..
Rendered with irresistible brio and dazzling intelligence, Robin Sloan\'s Mr.
Penumbra, they discover the bookstore\'s secrets extend far beyond its walls.
But when they bring their findings to Mr.
Suspicious, Clay engineers an analysis of the clientele\'s behavior, seeking help from his variously talented friends.
The customers are few, and they never seem to buy anything--instead, they check out large, obscure volumes from strange corners of the store.
But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest.
Penumbra\'s 24-Hour Bookstore.
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
