Invisible World - by Stuart Archer Cohen (Paperback)

About the Book

An invitation from a dead man propels a Chicago plumber on a perilous journey from Hong Kong to Inner Mongolia in search of a fabled map of the Invisible World. Stylish, elegant and thrilling, Stuart Cohen's debut novel draws readers into a treacherous world of artists and smugglers, duplicitous friends and seductive enemies.

Book Synopsis

An invitation from a dead man propels a Chicago plumber on a perilous journey from Hong Kong to Inner Mongolia in search of a fabled map of the Invisible World

Andrew Mann's mundane existence ends the day his jet-setting childhood friend, Clayton Smith, sends Andrew an airplane ticket to Asia along with an invitation to his own funeral, dispatched shortly before his mysterious suicide. Stylish, elegant and thrilling, Stuart Cohen's debut novel draws readers into a treacherous world of artists and smugglers, duplicitous friends and seductive enemies. Invisible World is both a novel of adventure and a mesmerizing exploration of an unseen world.

Review Quotes

"An intriguing mixture of adventure story and philosophical conundrum. Ingenious, atmospheric and unsettling." -- The Times of London

"A subtle, suspenseful experience . . . Here is a thinking person's thriller, brimming with ideas and a most appropriate complexity." -- The San Francisco Chronicle

Invisible World has been translated into French, German, Dutch, Czech, and Japanese.

About the Author

Stuart Archer Cohen has traveled extensively through the Americas, from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic, as well as China. His trading company, Invisible World, imports and retails wool, silk, alpaca and cashmere clothing from South America and Asia. Cohen's other novels include The Army of the Republic and 17 Stone Angels. He lives in Juneau, Alaska, with his wife and two sons.