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Fantasy

Salamander

by Thomas Wharton
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Description

Nicholas Flood, an unassuming eighteenth-century London printer, specializes in novelty books—books that nestle into one another, books comprised of one spare sentence, books that emit the sounds of crashing waves. When his work captures the attention of an eccentric Slovakian count, Flood is summoned to a faraway castle—a moving labyrinth that embodies the count's obsession with puzzles—where he is commissioned to create the infinite book, the ultimate never-ending story. Probing the nature of books, the human thirst for knowledge, and the pursuit of immortality, Salamander careens through myth and metaphor as Flood travels the globe in search of materials for the elusive book without end.

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First published
2001
Pages
384
Reading time
About 8 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Flamingo
Language
English
ISBN
9780007128662
Series
Standalone

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