mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

Tuj

Written last century?

Superman

Does it have pictures?

Simons Mith

[1984] No
[Display] No
[20C] Yes
[Pictures] No

CdM

Is the following a correct (not necessarily exhaustive) summary of what we have learned? We are seeking to identify a single specific physical copy of a not-green less-than-toaster-sized book that is a single-authored work of 20th century fiction without pictures, is located in Europe, is not on public display or in a museum, would not be classified as art, is not 1984, does not begin with P, and—and this is the most puzzling bit—does not have a single owner.

CdM

And a follow-up question on the puzzling bit: is the ownership of this book none the less clearly defined?

(For example, owned by a household or an institution such as a school or library)