What Is Lost

Title: What Is Lost

Author: C. O'Flynn

Binding: Paperback

EAN: 9789047200352

Condition: Good

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- As New: Hardly any signs of use, almost as new.
- Good: May show minor signs of use, such as some discoloration or a name on the endpapers, but generally no underlining or notes in the text.
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- New: Book is new.

Description:
Ten-year-old Kate Meaney spends most of her time at the Green Oaks shopping mall, where she keeps a close eye on shoppers like a young detective. Inspired by her favorite book How to Become a Detective, which she received from her father shortly before he died, she writes down every suspicious detail about the shoppers in her notebook.

Twenty years later, a girl carrying a notebook and a toy monkey appears in front of one of Green Oaks’ security cameras, a scene that evokes memories of the unsolved disappearance of young detective Kate Meaney in the 1980s. Kurt, a sleep-deprived security guard, and Lisa, a disillusioned music store manager, follow the girl through the center’s endless corridors—a welcome escape from consuming customers and jaded coworkers.

Catherine O'Flynn (1970) grew up as the youngest of a large family in Birmingham, where her parents owned a sweet shop. Her debut novel What Is Lost received rave reviews in England, partly because of its pointed observations of the emptiness of modern life.