City of Glass

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE - In this stunning debut novel, the first volume in Paul Auster's acclaimedThe 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 Glasscombines dark humor with Hitchcock-like suspense.

City of Glassinaugurates the intriguingNew York Trilogyof novels thatThe Washington Post Book Worldhas 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'sThe New York Trilogyinclude: CITY OF GLASS - GHOSTS - THE LOCKED ROOM