Paul Auster : Brooklyn Follies

Paul Auster's remarkable new novel is set against the backdrop of the contested US election of 2000 and tells the story of Nathan and Tom, an uncle and nephew who accidently end up in the same Brooklyn neighbourhood. The novel is filled with excellent stories and characters, mystery and fraud, lives that intertwine and become bound together. Auster brilliantly explores the wider terrain of contemporary America, a crucible of broken dreams and of human folly.