The Stockholm Octavo
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Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the Town--a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor--until one evening when Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, a fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she has had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an Octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision--if he can find them.
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PUBLISHED
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 416 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780061995347
SUBJECTS
Fortune-telling by cards -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Stockholm (Sweden) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.