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City of Glass by Paul Auster (1987, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140097317

ISBN-139780140097313

eBay Product ID (ePID)59959

Product Key Features

Book TitleCity of Glass

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1987

TopicLiterary, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Mystery & Detective / Traditional

GenreFiction

AuthorPaul Auster

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight5.8 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN86-018678

Reviews"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

Dewey Edition19

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisFrom 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., 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, 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

LC Classification NumberPS3551.U77C5 1987