{"product_id":"the-new-york-trilogy-city-of-glass-ghosts-the-locked-room","title":"The New York Trilogy: City of Glass\/Ghosts\/The Locked Room","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable, acclaimed series of interconnected detective novels \u003ci\u003eCity of Glass, Ghosts, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Locked Room, \u003c\/i\u003e from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Paul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Exhilarating . . . a brilliant investigation of the storyteller's art guided by a writer-detective who's never satisfied with just the facts.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of Glass: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAs a result of a strange phone call in the middle of the night, Quinn, a writer of detective stories, becomes enmeshed in a case more puzzling than any he might have written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBlue, a student of Brown, has been hired by White to spy on Black. From a window of a rented room on Orange Street, Blue keeps watch on his subject, who is across the street, staring out of his own window. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Locked Room: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFanshawe has disappeared, leaving behind his wife and baby and a cache of extraordinary novels, plays, and poems. What happened to him and why is the narrator, Fanshawe's boyhood friend, lured obsessively into his life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving at the breathless pace of a thriller, this is a uniquely stylized trilogy of detective novels that \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World \u003c\/i\u003ehas classified as \"post-existential private eye. . . . It's as if Kafka has gotten hooked on the gumshoe game and penned his own ever-spiraling version.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e is 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 Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50576017686802,"sku":"9780140131550","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce455e74-f078-4e39-8144-dc152d5c2a20.jpg?v=1731990243","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-york-trilogy-city-of-glass-ghosts-the-locked-room","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}