{"product_id":"the-book-of-illusions-paul-auster-9780312429010","title":"The Book of Illusions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1 \u003c\/i\u003eand The New York Trilogy comes \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"an enthralling new summit in Paul Auster's art.\" --Jonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man's obsession with a silent-film star sends him on a journey into a shadow world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Six months after losing his wife and two young sons in an airplane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. Then, watching television one night, he stumbles upon a clip from a lost silent film by comedian Hector Mann. Zimmer's interest is piqued, and he soon finds himself embarking on a journey around the world to research a book on this mysterious figure, who vanished from sight in 1929 and has been presumed dead for sixty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the book is published the following year, a letter turns up in Zimmer's mailbox bearing a return address from a small town in New Mexico-supposedly written by Hector's wife. \"Hector has read your book and would like to meet you. Are you interested in paying us a visit?\" Is the letter a hoax, or is Hector Mann still alive? Torn between doubt and belief, Zimmer hesitates, until one night a strange woman appears on his doorstep and makes the decision for him, changing his life forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This stunning novel plunges the reader into a universe in which the comic and the tragic, the real and the imagined, the violent and the tender dissolve into one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Auster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312429010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312429010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Paul Auster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043277467903,"sku":"9780312429010","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0b4bf3d-4a73-4158-a6db-002a3cb53fae.jpg?v=1684966235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-illusions-paul-auster-9780312429010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}