Fragments

INGA Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book— and a mystery that has captivated generations of readers.

Nearly fifty years later, Brisbane bookseller Caddie Walker is waiting in line to see a Karlson exhibition featuring the famous fragments when she meets a charismatic older woman.

The woman quotes a phrase from the Karlson fragments that Caddie knows does not exist—and yet to Caddie, who knows Inga Karlson’s work like she knows her name, it feels genuine.

Caddie is electrified. Jolted her from her sleepy, no-worries life in torpid 1980s Brisbane, she is driven to investigate: to find the clues that will unlock the greatest literary mystery of the twentieth century

INGA Karlson a murit intr-un incendiu din New York in anii 1930, lasand in urma trei lucruri: un prim roman de succes fenomenal, fragmentele arse ale unei a doua carti - si un mister care a captivat generatii de cititori. Aproape cincizeci de ani mai tarziu, librarul Brisbane Caddy Walker asteapta la coada sa vada o expozitie Karlson cu fragmente celebre cand intalneste o femeie in varsta carismatica.