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The Brooklyn follies / Paul Auster Auster, Paul, 1947-

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Auster, Paul, 1947-
Subjects
Middle aged men - Fiction.; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction.; Middle-aged men - Fiction.
Audience
Adult
Summary
"I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, and so the next morning I travelled down there from the Westchester to scope out the terrain." Set against the backdrop of the contested US election of 2000, it tells the story of Nathan and Tom, an uncle and nephew double-act. One in remission from lung cancer, divorced and estranged from his only daughter, the other hiding away from his once-promising academic career, and life in general. Having accidentally ended up in the same Brooklyn neighbourhood, they discover a community teeming with life and passion. When Lucy, the little girl who refuses to speak, comes into their lives there is suddenly a bridge from their pasts that may offer them the possibility of redemption. Filled with stories and characters, mystery and fraud, these lives intertwine and become bound together.
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