The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder

The Solitaire Mystery

by Jostein Gaarder

Phoenix, 2000, ISBN 1857998650, lightly illustrated with line drawings, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions (see photographs)

“Twelve-year-old Hans Thomas and his father are on a journey to Greece in search of the boy’s mother when a series of unusual incidents occurs: a dwarf gives Hans Thomas a magnifying glass; a baker gives him a bun containing a miniature book that tells the story of a sailor shipwrecked on a desert island; a pack of playing cards seems to have a life of its own; and what of the Joker who looks too deeply and too much?”