{"product_id":"the-brooklyn-follies-9780312429003","title":"The Brooklyn Follies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOracle Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e, an exhilarating, whirlwind tale of one man's accidental redemption.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, estranged from his only daughter, the retired life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Nathan finds his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, working in a local bookstore--a far cry from the brilliant academic career he'd begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the charismatic Harry Brightman, whom fate has also brought to the \"ancient kingdom of Brooklyn, New York.\" Through Tom and Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new set of acquaintances--not to mention a stray relative or two--and leads him to a reckoning with his past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the many twists in the delicious plot are a scam involving a forgery of the first page of \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, a disturbing revelation that takes place in a sperm bank, and an impossible, utopian dream of a rural refuge. Meanwhile, the wry and acerbic Nathan has undertaken something he calls \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Human Folly\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he proposes \"to set down in the simplest, clearest language possible an account of every blunder, every pratfall, every embarrassment, every idiocy, every foible, and every inane act I had committed during my long and checkered career as a man.\" But life takes over instead, and Nathan's despair is swept away as he finds himself more and more implicated in the joys and sorrows of others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Follies\u003c\/i\u003e is Paul Auster's warmest, most exuberant novel, a moving and unforgettable hymn to the glories and mysteries of ordinary human life.\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\u003eOracle Night\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMan in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other works. \u003ci\u003eI Thought My Father Was God\u003c\/i\u003e, the NPR National Story Project Anthology, which he edited, was also a national bestseller. His work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604651774226,"sku":"9780312429003","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9011830-dc44-4d7c-879a-32c7117fbd3c.jpg?v=1732262294","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-brooklyn-follies-9780312429003","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}