a "surreal transmogrification of a genre"

 Berry, Jedediah. (2009). The manual of detection. New York: Penguin.


Kirkus Reviews An unlikely sleuth anchors an unlikely investigation in Berry's fantastical melding of Kafka, Hitchcock and The Man Who Was Thursday. Though its nonsense logic eventually lags behind its breakneck pace, Berry's debut is a boldly inventive deconstruction of Cartesian metaphysics, the criminal-justice system and the well-oiled detective story.