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Oxford Exit
This is the second in the Kate Ivory series.
In 1988 I went to work at the Bodleian Library,
at a time when it was introducing its on-line catalogue, and
this book is based on my experiences as a cataloguer there.
In this story I wanted to explore the question of whether
books, however old and rare, could ever be as valuable as
the life of a young woman, however dull.
Kate Ivory is approached by her friend Andrew
Grove to look into the disappearance of books from various
libraries in the university. At the same time, a student
in a creative writing class is handing in strange offerings
for his (or her) weekly assignment. Could these relate to
Kate’s investigation?
The Observer wrote: ‘One of the
cleverest of the year’s crop, a flesh-and-brains heroine
mercifully not doted on for once by an English author.’
OK! magazine wrote: ‘A book that
does a lot to update the image of librarians.’
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