Journal Entry 1 by LastEdition on Thursday, August 20, 2009

Synopsis (amazon):
A stunning debut from a new Australian writer -- the story of a treasure hunt through a vast New York bookshop. At eighteen, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little more than her love of books and an eagerness to explore the city she's read so much about. The moment she steps into the Arcade bookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, gives her a job sorting through huge piles of books and helping the rest of the staff -- a group as odd and idiosyncratic as the characters in a Dickens novel. There's Pearl, the loving, motherly transsexual who runs the cash register; Oscar, who shares his extensive, eclectic knowledge with Rosemary, but furiously rejects her attempts at a more personal relationship; and Arthur Pick, who supervises the art section and demonstrates a particular interest in photography books featuring naked men. The store manager Walter Geist is an albino, a lonely figure even within the world of the Arcade. When Walter's eyesight begins to fail, Rosemary becomes his assistant. And so it is Rosemary who first reads the letter from someone seeking to 'place' a lost manuscript by Herman Melville.Mentioned in Melville's personal correspondence but never published, the work is of inestimable value, and proof of its existence brings the simmering ambitions and rivalries of the Arcade staff to a boiling point. Based on actual documents the author found while doing research on Melville, 'The Secret of Lost Things' is at once a literary adventure that captures the excitement of discovering a long-lost manuscript, and an evocative portrait of life in a bookshop.
 

Journal Entry 2 by LastEdition at RABCK - OBCZ CafeEinstein in -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Wien Austria on Thursday, August 20, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (8/20/2009 UTC) at RABCK - OBCZ CafeEinstein in -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Wien Austria

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Sending to OBCZ Manager Rianonne for release in early September 2009. 

Journal Entry 3 by CafeEinstein from Wien Bezirk 01 - Innere Stadt, Wien Austria on Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Arrived safe and sound in Vienna.

Thanks so much for sending LastEdition!! 

Journal Entry 4 by CafeEinstein at Café Einstein (OBCZ) in Wien Bezirk 01 - Innere Stadt, Wien Austria on Thursday, September 17, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (9/18/2009 UTC) at Café Einstein (OBCZ) in Wien Bezirk 01 - Innere Stadt, Wien Austria

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Journal Entry 5 by schwaemmchen3 from not specified, not specified not specified on Friday, September 18, 2009

i found it at cafe einstein.
habs heute mitgenommen und freu mich schon aufs lesen......