A book with all of life's answers, if only you can find it...
Sara Gran is the author of six previous novels, including Come Closer and her acclaimed crime series starring PI Claire DeWitt. She also writes for film and TV, including 'Southland' and 'Chance', and has published in The New York Times, The New Orleans Times Picayune, and USA Today.
'Gran's writing, like the grimoire, is palpably seductive. The
search for pleasure and magic is an aphrodisiac, one that pulses on
the page.' - Danielle Trussoni, The New York Times
'Gran perfectly captures the eccentric world of antiquarian
bookselling while portraying a profound and magical reckoning with
loss and the possibility of going on. She has outdone herself. ' -
Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review
'While Lily's hunt propels the story forward, it is Gran's
frequently exquisite prose that demands investment from its
audience.' - Bookpage, Starred Review
'Sara Gran's THE BOOK OF THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE is a mix of
book buying mystery, erotica, and a pinch of Clive Barkerian
obsessive existential horror, but it's all Gran. And it's all
brilliant.' - Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the
World
'Extravagant, sexy and compelling. I loved it.' - Lauren Beukes,
author of The Shining Girls
'There's two types of magic at play, here. There's what these
characters are trying to do, mixing books and sex and spells, and
then there's the magic Sara Gran is doing to us, as we compulsively
read this literary thriller. And there's a third magic we only wish
we could do: pay in blood to go back, read this book again for the
first time.' - Stephen Graham Jones
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