Just finished reading … The geographer’s library
If you liked Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code, there’s a good chance you’ll also enjoy John Fasman’s The Geographer’s Library (Penguin, 547pp). Heck, even if you didn’t like Da Vinci, you might still enjoy this one.
The Times Literary Supplement says “highly entertaining … keeps the reader guessing”, at least according to the blurb on the back cover. And they’re not going to make something like that up, are they?
Found the writing a little heavy at times, but the plot makes the effort worth while. Unfortunately though for library professionals, there isn’t a lot of information regarding the classification scheme used in the protagonist’s personal book collection, nor no mention of any policies or procedural documentation, so I guess that the term ‘library’ may be being used a little too freely here. But it’s definitely a good read. Shelve this one at eye level.
