The Geographer's Library
Published on 28. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-14-303662-3 (ISBN)
Description
This brilliant debut novel takes a young reporter from his small town paper to the heart of a centuries-old international smuggling ring that amasses the alchemical artifacts that lead to eternal life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-303662-3 (9780143036623)
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Person
Jon Fasman was born in Chicago in 1975 and grew up in Washington, D.C. He was educated at Brown and Oxford universities and has worked as a journalist in Washington, D.C., New York, Oxford, and Moscow. His writing has appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Slate, Legal Affairs, the Moscow Times, and The Washington Post. He is now a writer and an editor for The Economist's Web site.