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02265aam a2200445 i 4500 001 CA58B90C3F6D11EBB1675BA140ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201216011034 008 191114s2020 enk 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1782275827 020 $a 9781782275824 035 $a (OCoLC)1127168566 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d SINLB $d YDXIT $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d ATCDL $d HHO $d IH9 $d TOH $d ILM $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 043 $a e-fr--- 050 4 $a PQ2666.O23 $b F6413 2020 082 04 $a 843.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Foenkinos, David, $e author. 245 14 $a The mystery of Henri Pick / $c David Foenkinos ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor. 246 30 $a Walter presents the mystery of Henri Pick 264 1 $a London : $b Pushkin Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 281 pages ; $c 20 cm 490 0 $a Walter presents 500 $a "The Mystery of Henry Pick was first published as Le MysteÌre Henri Pick by Editions Gallimard, 2016"--Title page verso. 520 $a In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it. The book is a sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author - apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef from Crozon. Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man have written such a masterpiece? An obstinate journalist, Jean-Michel Rouche, heads to Brittany to investigate. 546 $a In English. Translated from the French. 650 0 $a Authors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Manuscripts $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Books $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Skepticism $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Crozon Peninsula (France) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Taylor, Sam, $e translator. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317024850.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20211123010211.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201217010328.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201216011116.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CA58B90C3F6D11EBB1675BA140ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search