[Read by Stefan Rudnicki][Directed by Cassandra de Cuir]Part love story, part thriller, part book lover's fantasy - and entirely charming - Christopher Morley's tale has something for everyone. In 1917, Christopher Morley published Parnassus on Wheels, a love letter to the art of bookselling. Its suspenseful sequel, The Haunted Bookshop, finds his beloved characters married and still in love with both mystery and literature. Set in a lovingly evoked Brooklyn just after the end of World War I, The Haunted Bookshop cleverly juxtaposes a pair of middle-aged bookshop owners and two young lovers with a nest of German saboteurs, complete with mysterious clues, red herrings, blushing romance, derring-do, a desperate race to the rescue, and an explosion. More important, the novel is an eloquent hymn to the bookseller's trade and a fervent plea for the revivifying and redemptive power of literature. The unifying thread of this book, and indeed of the life and work of its author, is its passionate avowal: all that the world and everybody in it needs is a good book.

The Haunted Bookshop

Literature & Fiction

Christopher Morely

Contemporary

Skyboat Media, Inc. and Blackstone Audio

United States

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Christopher Morely. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Christopher Morely

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Christopher Morely. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

The Haunted Bookshop

The Haunted Bookshop