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Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark | Paul Auster
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Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughters house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget his wifes recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughters boyfriend, Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union and a bloody civil war ensued. As the night progresses, Brills story grows intense, and what he is so desperately trying to avoid insists on being told. Joined in the early hours by his granddaughter, he gradually opens up to her and recounts the story of his marriage. After she falls asleep, he at last finds the courage to revisit the trauma of Tituss death.
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Creadnorthey
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This man can write of this there is little doubt. A tiny story really that leads you on but reduces down to the essential, the intimate and the real. 3 generations living with their Weltschmerz in “Castle Despair” might not sound like a page turner, but Auster makes it so.

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The.Intentional.Reader
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1st book of 2021. Love Paul Auster, I have yet to be disappointed in one of his novels. Happy New Year everyone!

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LaurenAsh
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My first Paul Auster!

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CareBear
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I loved this. Now I must read everything else he has written.

Clwojick Not gonna lie, when I seen this I immediately thought of Han Solo in the Carbonite. 6y
Schlinkles I love him! My favorite is 6y
CareBear Stacked @Schlinkles I‘ll try that one next, thanks! 6y
EchoLogical @Clwojick I can't unsee that now 😂 6y
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CareBear
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I‘m starting this one tonight...with some company 😻 #catsoflitsy #penny

Bookzombie 💕🐱 6y
Tanzy13 🐱 6y
PurpleyPumpkin What a sweetie!😻 6y
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Tamarity
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He never disappoints.

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Skyler
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There's a reason why Paul Auster is my most read author on Goodreads.

#booktober #greatfirstlines

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