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When eighteen‑year‑old Rosemary Tass arrives from Tasmania, she finds a home in the chaotic Arcade Bookstore, a sprawling emporium of used and rare books in New York City. At the Arcade, she works alongside an eccentric crew—Mr Pike, the gruff owner; Pearl, a loving transsexual cashier; Oscar, the nonfiction curator; Arthur Pick, the art‑section supervisor; and Walter Geist, an albino manager whose sight is failing. Rosemary’s enthusiasm for books leads her to discover a letter seeking a lost Herman Melville manuscript, an unpublished work mentioned only in Melville’s personal correspondence. The search for the manuscript sets off rivalries and ambition among the staff, while the novel captures the vibrant life inside a bustling bookshop and the literary thrill of unearthing a long‑lost volume.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Sheridan Hay
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