Man in the Dark

Paul Auster

RRP: £14.99

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date : 21/08/2008

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A devastating novel about the many realities we inhabit as wars flame around us. From the hugely acclaimed author of "The New York Trilogy" and "Travels In The Scriptorium", which sold over 75,000 copies. This features a 72 year old man who, staving off insomnia as he recovers from a car accident, imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq, but itself. Auster will make a rare visit to the UK around publication. 'Auster is truly a master of his art' "Harper's Bazaar"

Publisher's description:

Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident. Plagued by insomnia, he tries to push back thoughts of things he would prefer to forget - his wife's recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend, Titus - by telling himself stories. This novel celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a brutal world.

ISBN: 9780571240760