City of Glass
Description
From Paul Auster, author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A novel – his debut work of fiction, the first volume in his acclaimed “New York Trilogy” series of novels
Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year, City of Glass inaugurates the intriguing New York Trilogy of novels that the Washington Post Book World has classified as "post-existentialist private eye...It's as if Kafka has gotten hooked on the gumshoe game and penned his own ever-spiraling version." As a result of a strange phone call in the middle of the night, Quinn, a writer of detective fiction and crime books, becomes enmeshed in a case more puzzling than any he might have written. New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster combines dark humor with Hitchcock-like suspense to City of Glass.
Praise for City of Glass
“Remarkable. . .the book is a pleasure to read, full of suspense and action. . .[A] strange and powerful adventure in Paul Auster’s art.”
– The New York Times Book Review
“Exhilarating. . .A brilliant investigation of the storyteller’s art, guided by a writer-detective who’s never satisfied with just the facts.”
– The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A wondrous whodunit for metaphysicians, an intricate detective story and many-layered romance.”
– Russell Banks
Praise for Paul Auster:
“One of the great American prose stylists of our time.”—New York Times
“Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter.”—New York Review of Books
“One of the great writers of our time.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Contemporary American writing at its best.”—New York Times Book Review, on Invisible
“A literary original who is perfecting a hybrid genre of his own.”—Wall Street Journal