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The Book of Speculation: A Novel by Swyler, Erika, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Dear Mr. Watson, I came across this book at auction as part of a larger lot I purchased on speculation. The damage renders it useless to me, but a name inside it Verona Bonn led me to believe it might be of interest to you or your family ... Simon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home a house, perched on the edge of a bluff, that is slowly crumbling toward the sea. His parents are long dead, his mother having drowned in the water his house overlooks. His younger sister, Enola, works for a traveling carnival reading tarot cards, and seldom calls. On a day in late June, Simon receives a mysterious package from an antiquarian bookseller. The book tells the story of Amos and Evangeline, doomed lovers who lived and worked in a traveling circus more than two hundred years ago. The paper crackles with age as Simon turns the yellowed pages filled with notes, sketches, and whimsical flourishes; and his best friend and fellow librarian, Alice, looks on in increasing alarm. Why does his grandmother's name, Verona Bonn, appear in this book? Why do so many women in his family drown on July 24? Could there possibly be so
Who reads The Book of Speculation: A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Swyler, Erika, author
- Publisher
- Griffin; St. Martin's Griffin
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781250055637
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (2,196 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14