Paul Auster writes novels about lonely souls who try to make meaning out of circumstance -- and he writes under circumstances that look suspiciously meaningful: his office, a small studio apartment, is bare and white and smudged with Brooklyn grime.
The window shades are always drawn; were they raised, you would see a brick wall across an air shaft.
The same man called the next day and asked again for the venerable detective agency.
The novel's protagonist is a solitary writer named Quinn who on three different nights gets a phone call from a man looking for "Paul Auster.
Of the Auster Detective Agency."
Persons:
Paul Auster, Auster, Pinkerton, Quinn
Organizations:
The, Auster, Agency
Locations:
Brooklyn, Glass