{"product_id":"mr-vertigo-9780140231908","title":"Mr. Vertigo","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Nobody--\u003ci\u003enobody\u003c\/i\u003e--has produced a better parable about the condition of the national consciousness at century's end.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enduringly brilliant novel of trial and triumph set in America in the 1920s, from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Paul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A charmer pure and simple . . . Nothing less than the story of America itself.\"--Jonathan Yardley, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Auster's dazzling, picaresque novel is the story of Walter Claireborne Rawley, renowned nationwide as \"Walt the Wonder Boy.\" It is the late 1920s, the era of Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh, and Al Capone, and Walt is a Saint Louis orphan rescued from the streets by the mysterious Hungarian Master Yehudi, who teaches Walt to walk on air. The vaudeville act that results from Walt's marvelous new ability takes them across a vast and vibrant country, where they meet and fall prey to sinners, thieves, and villains, from the Kansas Klu Klux Klan to the Chicago mob. Walt's rise to fame and fortune mirrors America's own coming of age, and his resilience, like that of the nation, is challenged over and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Auster \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other works. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. His other honors include the Prix Médicis étranger for \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for \u003ci\u003eBurning Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Carlos Fuentes Prize for his body of work. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618294665490,"sku":"9780140231908","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cbe9e2ed-445f-4fae-85cb-0a178a4b911e.jpg?v=1732530664","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mr-vertigo-9780140231908","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}