City of Glass
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1987.
Format: Book
Description: 203 pages ; 20 cm.
EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE * In this stunning debut novel, the first volume in Paul Auster's acclaimed The New York Trilogy, an author determined to solve a mystery begins to descend into madness.
"Remarkable . . . The book is a pleasure to read, full of suspense and action. . . . [A] strange and powerful adventure."-- The New York Times Book Review
After a strange phone call in the middle of the night, Quinn, an author of detective stories, becomes enmeshed in a case more puzzling than any he might have written. Composed with hallucinatory clarity, City of Glass combines dark humor with Hitchcock-like suspense.
City of Glass inaugurates the intriguing New York Trilogy of novels that The Washington Post Book World has classified as "post-existential private eye. . . . It's as if Kafka has gotten hooked on the gumshoe game and penned his own ever-spiraling version."
The brilliant installments of Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy include:
CITY OF GLASS * GHOSTS * THE LOCKED ROOM
"Remarkable . . . The book is a pleasure to read, full of suspense and action. . . . [A] strange and powerful adventure."-- The New York Times Book Review
After a strange phone call in the middle of the night, Quinn, an author of detective stories, becomes enmeshed in a case more puzzling than any he might have written. Composed with hallucinatory clarity, City of Glass combines dark humor with Hitchcock-like suspense.
City of Glass inaugurates the intriguing New York Trilogy of novels that The Washington Post Book World has classified as "post-existential private eye. . . . It's as if Kafka has gotten hooked on the gumshoe game and penned his own ever-spiraling version."
The brilliant installments of Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy include:
CITY OF GLASS * GHOSTS * THE LOCKED ROOM
Series: Auster, Paul, 1947- New York trilogy ; v. 1.
Subjects:
City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0140097317 (pbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Auster | Wheatley (Shandon) | Fiction | Out (Due: 5/29/2024) |