The Mobile Library: The Case of the Missing Books

Israel is an intelligent, shy, passionate, sensitive sort of soul: he''s Jewish; he''s a vegetarian; he could maybe do with losing a little weight. And he''s just arrived in Ireland to take up his first post as a librarian. But the library''s been shut down and Israel ends up stranded on the North Antrim coast driving an old mobile library. There''s nice scenery, but 15,000 fewer books than there should be. Who on earth steals that many books? How? When would they have time to read them all? And is there anywhere in this godforsaken place where he can get a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper? Israel wants answers...

About the author

Ian Sansom is the author of the Mobile Library and County Guides series of novels. He writes for the Guardian, the TLS, and the Spectator and is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. He lives in County Down.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Sansom
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.02.2006
• EAN: 9780007206995
• ISBN: 978-0-00-720699-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks; HarperPerennial; Harper Perennial; The Mobile Library; Harper Collins Paperbacks; The Mobile Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary