Codex

By: Lev Grossman

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Paperback | 2 May 2005

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348 Pages

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20.32 x 13.97 x 1.91

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About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hotshot young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. His task is to search their library stacks for a precious medieval codex, a treasure kept sealed away for many years and for many reasons. Enlisting the help of passionate medievalist Margaret Napier, Edward is determined to solve the mystery of the codex-to understand its significance to his wealthy clients, and to decipher the seeming parallels between the legend of the codex and an obsessive role-playing computer game that has absorbed him in the dark hours of the night.

The chilling resolution brings together the medieval and the modern aspects of the plot in a twist worthy of earning comparisons to novels by William Gibson and Dan Brown, not to mention those by A. S. Byatt and Umberto Eco. Lev Grossman's Codex is a thriller of the highest order.

Industry Reviews

A genuine treat with its sneaky plot and richly-textured storytelling. Moves so fast you won't realize how smart it is.
-- "San Francisco Chronicle"
Alluring and meticulous. Replete with a sexy duchess, a jaded academic ... and a shadowy programmer.
-- "Entertainment Weekly"
An exhilarating literary tour de force ... mesmerizing from start to finish. A fabulous double-helix of a novel.
-- "Baltimore Sun"
Blisteringly hot .... Put Codex on your list.
-- "Santa Cruz Sentinel"
Plays around with narrative in classic postmodern fashion.
-- "Salon"
PRAISE FOR CODEX
A genuine treat, with its sneaky plot and richly textured storytelling. Moves so fast that readers won't realize how smart it is. -SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Fascinating, compelling, and deliciously disturbing. -THE BOSTON GLOBE

Takes its place on the shelf of self-referential, bibliophilic page-turners like The Name of the Rose, Possession and A Case of Curiosities, and it's as entertaining as any of them.
-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Takes its place on the shelf of bibliophilic page-turners like Name of the Rose and Possession. Such a good story.
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
Transcends the current vogue for the archaic--linking the 14th and 21st centuries by considering the powers of parchment and PlayStation.
-- "The Village Voice"

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