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A late-night phone call from a stranger involves Quinn, a mystery writer, in a baffling murder case stranger than his novels
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Paul Auster is the best-selling author of Invisible, Man in the Dark, The Brooklyn Follies, The Book of Illusions, The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Among his other honours are the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke and the Prix Medicis Etranger for Leviathan. He has also been short-listed for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions) and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (The Music of Chance). His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Daniel Quinn, author of a series of de tective pot-boilers, accepts an assign ment as a real private investigator from a man who dials his phone number by mistake. His mission: to keep an eye on the man's father, a former linguistics professor who has spent time in jail for bizarre childrearing experiments. Quinn quickly loses track of both his client and the suspect, as well as his own apartment and belongings, and fi nally his identity. This metafictional mystery, reminiscent of Robbe-Gril let's anti-novel The Erasers, challenges conventional notions of character and plot. However, unless the remaining volumes of this projected trilogy pro vide more depth and substance, Aus ter's previous book, The Invention of Solitude, will probably remain the best introduction to his work. Edward B. St. John, Loyola Marymount Univ. Lib., Los Angeles
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- PublisherSun & Moon Pr
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0940650525
- ISBN 13 9780940650527
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- Number of pages203
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. In dustjacket, without clipped flap. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Some white soiling/flakes stuck to bottom edges of boards. Appears to be unfortunate transfer from (probably painted) and sticky shelving. Otherwise this is vey good+/fine with tight binding. Clean, sound, without markings. Stated 'First Edition' on copyright page with this number string: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3, meaning 3rd printing of First Edition. Affixed to front panel of jacket is silver emblem stating, 'Nominee for the 'Edgar' Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel of 1985.' This was Auster's first novel published under his own name, after Squeeze Play (Avon, 1984) published under the pseudonym Paul Benjamin. For my money the first book of his New York trilogy, remains the author's best work, though he has published many other excellent books. And should be considered among the greatest American writers of the last half century. Seller Inventory # 245318
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Octavo in clean, bright jacket. Vertical crease down middle of front flap. Flap not cllipped. Denim blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. End papers blue of similar tone. A brush of wear at corners and spine base. States: 'First Edition' on copyright page. This is number string: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3. Therefore, this copy is a 3rd printing/First Edition. Tight binding. Clean, sound, without markings. City of Glass was Auster's 2nd novel and the first published under is own name. (Prior to this one, Squeeze Play (1984) (Written under pseudonym Paul Benjamin, 1984). City of Glass was the first volume of his The New York Trilogy, to be followed by Ghosts (1986) and Locked Room (1986). These three novels work well as stand alone stories. There is no reason to feel obligated to read them in order. Honestly there is no reason to read them all, other than the fact they are excellent, arguably the best books of Austers long, still active at age 75. In 2021 he published Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane, a non-fiction work that might be my favorite book of that year. [203 pages]. Seller Inventory # 274266
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing; second state jacket with publisher's logo tipped on. SIGNED, without inscription, by Paul Auster on the title page. Both the volume and mylar sleeved, unclipped, dust jacket have gentle bumps on the spine ends. All else is fine. Signed. Seller Inventory # 1703192
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Signed by author Paul Auster on title page. Hardcover with fine dust jacket. Book is in Excellent condition, pages are clean and tight. Seller Inventory # 48815
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed gray wrappers. Faint bump at the bottom of the front wrap and the first few leaves, a nice, near fine copy. The first volume in Auster's *New York Trilogy*. Seller Inventory # 531636
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