Title: The Stockholm octavo
Description: 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.
Subjects: Fiction, Fortune-telling by cards, History, Historical fiction, Bureaucrats, NEW LIST 20121231, Fiction, historical, general, Stockholm (sweden), fiction
Places: Stockholm (Sweden)
Time periods: 18th century