House of Marvellous Books
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'A hilarious and charming must-read for anyone who loves books' —Red Magazine
Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the centre of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. With assistant Ursula asleep at her desk, head publisher Gerard going health and safety mad, and chief editor Drusilla focused on finding a supposedly priceless but famously missing manuscript, there is hardly anyone left to steer the ship.
Young Mortimer Blakeley-Smith, junior editor, charts the descent of the House in his logbook as it lurches from one failure to the next. Will mysterious Russian buyers, lurking in the wings, finally sink the ship? Or will Drusilla find the legendary Daybreak Manuscript and save the day?
With a host of quirky characters, The House of Marvellous Books pokes fun at the British publishing industry in all its vain glory. But at its heart, lies the story of tenacity, friendship and a shared passion for marvellous books.
Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the centre of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. With assistant Ursula asleep at her desk, head publisher Gerard going health and safety mad, and chief editor Drusilla focused on finding a supposedly priceless but famously missing manuscript, there is hardly anyone left to steer the ship.
Young Mortimer Blakeley-Smith, junior editor, charts the descent of the House in his logbook as it lurches from one failure to the next. Will mysterious Russian buyers, lurking in the wings, finally sink the ship? Or will Drusilla find the legendary Daybreak Manuscript and save the day?
With a host of quirky characters, The House of Marvellous Books pokes fun at the British publishing industry in all its vain glory. But at its heart, lies the story of tenacity, friendship and a shared passion for marvellous books.
After a stint as a journalist in Mexico City, Fiona Vigo Marshall combined a long career within the publishing industry in London with writing literature.
Her short stories and poems have been nominated for numerous awards, including the V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize, which she won in 2016 with her short story The Street of Baths. She was a finalist for the Reeds in the Wind International Literary Prize 2021 and her work has appeared in Prospect, Ambit, The Royal Society of Literature Review, Orbis International Literary Journal, The London Journal of Fiction and many other publications.
Her debut novel Find Me Falling, published by Fairlight Books in 2019, was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2020.
The House of Marvellous Books is her second novel.
Fiona was born in London and educated at Somerville College, Oxford.
Her short stories and poems have been nominated for numerous awards, including the V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize, which she won in 2016 with her short story The Street of Baths. She was a finalist for the Reeds in the Wind International Literary Prize 2021 and her work has appeared in Prospect, Ambit, The Royal Society of Literature Review, Orbis International Literary Journal, The London Journal of Fiction and many other publications.
Her debut novel Find Me Falling, published by Fairlight Books in 2019, was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2020.
The House of Marvellous Books is her second novel.
Fiona was born in London and educated at Somerville College, Oxford.