Auster

The New York Trilogy

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not …In three brilliant variations on the classic detective story, Paul Auster makes the well-traversed terrain of New York City his own, as it becomes a strange, compelling landscape in which identities merge or fade and questions serve only to further obscure the truth. What emerges is an investigation into the art of storytelling, notions of identity and the very essence of language.‘A dazzling achievement.’ Time Out‘Marks a new departure for the American novel.’ Observer‘Seductive metaphysical thrillers... As stylish, urgent and unnerving as the best in the detective genre.’ Literary Review‘A Shatteringly clever Piece of work …Utterly gripping, written with an acid sharpness that leaves an indelible dent in the back of the mind.’ Sunday Telegraph