Leviathan

Description

When his closest friend, Benjamin Sachs, accidentally blows himself up on a Wisconsin road, Peter Aron tries to piece together the life story that led to Sachs’s tragic death and determine the cause of his demise.

“Auster’s fastest-growing and most gripping novel. He gives us his best storytelling.” – The New York Times Magazine

“Sniffing and gripping… Auster’s powerful narrative engine keeps us reading and spurred on to an impressive conclusion.” – Los Angeles Times

“Paul Auster’s novels are beautifully crafted works of art, intellectual puzzles concerned with the premise that life is a mystery governed by chaos and chance. In keeping with their message, they are presented with the most fluid and graceful style of literary narrative.” – The New York Newsday

“A thrilling novel… with scattered patches of brilliant prose, but for the most part, deliberately forgoing stylistic luxury, it is a steel wire cast from a savage narrative.”