{"product_id":"man-in-the-dark-9780312428518","title":"Man in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMan in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is an undoubted pleasure to read. Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003eMichael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Paul Auster, a \"literary original\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) comes a novel that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident at his daughter's 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 wife's recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the night progresses, Brill's story grows increasingly intense, and what he is desperately trying to avoid insists on being told. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Washington Post Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAUL AUSTER\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTravels in the Scriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Follies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOracle Night\u003c\/i\u003e. I\u003ci\u003e Thought My Father Was God\u003c\/i\u003e, the NPR National Story Project anthology, which he edited, was a national bestseller. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614120317202,"sku":"9780312428518","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_966c68b7-71ed-4ee4-9b64-56f61cafc1fa.jpg?v=1732429164","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/man-in-the-dark-9780312428518","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}