The New York Trilogy: City of Glass / Ghosts / The Locked Room
Author: Paul Auster
The New York Trilogy is an astonishing and original book: three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction and achieve a new genre that is all the more gripping for its starkness. In each story, the search for clues leads to remarkable coincidences in the universe as the simple act of trailing a man ultimately becomes a startling….Read More
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The Book of Illusions
Six months after losing his wife and two young sons, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. One night, he… Continue Reading Posted in: Missing Persons, Motion Picture Actors And Actresses, Mystery, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Literary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction
The Name of the World
Michael Reed is a man going through the motions, numbed by the death of his wife and child. But when events force him to act as if he cares, he… Continue Reading Posted in: Humorous Literary Fiction, Literary Satire Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Widowers
Timbuktu
Mr. Bones, the heroic dog of Paul Auster's astonishing book, is the sidekick and confidant of Willy G. Christmas, a brilliant and troubled homeless man from Brooklyn. As Willy's body… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Human Animal Relationships, Love Stories
Zuckerman Unbound
Following the wild success of his novel, Carnovsky, Nathan Zuckerman has been catapulted into the literary limelight. As he ventures out onto the streets of Manhattan he finds himself accosted… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Novelists
Leviathan
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The Brooklyn Follies
I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, and so the next morning I travelled down there from Westchester to scope out the terrain...'So begins Paul… Continue Reading Posted in: Family Life Fiction, Fiction, Intergenerational Relations, Psychological Literary Fiction, Recluses
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Asterix and Obelix escort Getafix to the druids' annual conference in the Forest of the Carnutes. Little do they know that the Goths are lying in ambush, ready to kidnap… Continue Reading Posted in: Sequential Art
King Suckerman
Wilton Cooper is at a drive-in movie when he notices the ugly white boy walk into the projection booth. Seconds later a gun goes off, perfectly timed to coincide with… Continue Reading Posted in: Criminals, Hard-Boiled Mysteries, Hard-Boiled Mystery, Suspense Fiction
The Invention of Solitude
One day there is life . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.'So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood.The first section, 'Portrait of an… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Fatherhood, Fiction, Parenting Boys, United States
Sunset Park
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Crash
The cult status of Crash has intensified since its original publication in 1973, making it a classic of underground literature. In this hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau… Continue Reading Posted in: English, English Fiction, Horror Literature & Fiction, Psychology, Science Fiction
Oracle Night
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