New York Trilogy Series by Paul Auster

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  • The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy #1-3)
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    The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy #1-3)

    Paul Auster

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings · published 1987

    The remarkable, acclaimed series of interconnected detective novels – from the author of 4 3 2 1: A NovelThe New York Review of Books has called Paul Auster’s work “one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature.” Moving at the breathless pace of a thriller, this uniquely stylized triology of detective novels begins with City of Glass, in which Quinn, a mystery writer, receives an ominous phone call in the middle of the night... more

  • City of Glass (New York Trilogy #1)
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    City of Glass (New York Trilogy #1)

    Paul Auster

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings · published 1985

    Nominated for an Edgar award for best mystery of the year, City of Glass inaugurates an 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 stories, becomes enmeshed in a case more puzzling than any he might have written... more

  • Ghosts (New York Trilogy #2)
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    Ghosts (New York Trilogy #2)

    Paul Auster

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1986

    The second book in the acclaimed New York Trilogy--a detective story that becomes a haunting and eerie exploration of identity and deception. It is a story of hidden violence that culminates in an inevitable but unexpectedly shattering climax.

  • The Locked Room (New York Trilogy #3)
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    The Locked Room (New York Trilogy #3)

    Paul Auster

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1986

    When Fanshawe disappears, leaving behind a wife, a baby and an extraordinary cache of novels, plays and poems, his boyhood friend is lured obsessively into the life that Fanshawe left behind.

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