Paul Auster s explosively suspenseful tale from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: a literary voice for the ages (Guardian) Six days ago, a man blew himself up by the side of a road in northern Wisconsin . . . The explosion that detonates the narrative of Paul Auster s thrilling novel also ends the life of its hero, Benjamin Sachs, and brings two FBI agents to the home of one of Sachs s oldest friends, the writer Peter Aaron. What follows is Aaron s story, an intricate, subtle and gripping investigation of another man s life in all its richness and complexity. Combining an investigation of freedom and terrorism with all the tension, mystery and allusive richness of Auster s classic fiction.
