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This latest novel from one of the masters of modern American fiction sold over 30,000 copies in the month since publication. It is the story of an elderly man who lies awake in a horrendously violent alternate America. 'Auster is truly a master of his art' "Harpers Bazaar"
Synopsis
August Brill, an elderly book critic, lies awake in the dark, unable to sleep. Elsewhere in the house are his daughter, Miriam, and granddaughter, Katya, each with her own reasons for lying awake and watchful in the long Vermont night.