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Mr. Vertigo

By Paul Auster

By Paul Auster

By Paul Auster

By Paul Auster

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Aug 01, 1995 | ISBN 9780140231908

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Aug 01, 1995 | ISBN 9781101562635

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    About Mr. Vertigo

    An enduringly brilliant tale of trial and triumph, set in America in the 1920s, from the author of 4 3 2 1:  A Novel

    Paul Auster, the New York Times-bestselling author of The New York Trilogy, presents a dazzling, picaresque novel set in the late 1920s – the era of Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh, and Al Capone. Walter Claireborne Rawley, renowned nationwide as “Walt the Wonder Boy,” is a Saint Louis orphan rescued from the streets by a mysterious Hungarian Jew, Master Yehudi, who teaches Walt to walk on air. Master Yehudi brings Walt into a Kansas circus troupe consisting of Mother Sioux and Aesop, a young black genius. The vaudeville act takes them across a vast and vibrant country, through mythic Americana where they meet and fall prey to sinners, thieves, and villains, from the Kansas Ku Klux Klan to the Chicago mob. Walt’s rise to fame and fortune mirrors America’s own coming of age, and his resilience, like that of the nation, is challenged over and over and over again.

    About Mr. Vertigo

    An enduringly brilliant tale of trial and triumph, set in America in the 1920s, from the author of 4 3 2 1:  A Novel

    Paul Auster, the New York Times-bestselling author of The New York Trilogy, presents a dazzling, picaresque novel set in the late 1920s – the era of Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh, and Al Capone. Walter Claireborne Rawley, renowned nationwide as “Walt the Wonder Boy,” is a Saint Louis orphan rescued from the streets by a mysterious Hungarian Jew, Master Yehudi, who teaches Walt to walk on air. Master Yehudi brings Walt into a Kansas circus troupe consisting of Mother Sioux and Aesop, a young black genius. The vaudeville act takes them across a vast and vibrant country, through mythic Americana where they meet and fall prey to sinners, thieves, and villains, from the Kansas Ku Klux Klan to the Chicago mob. Walt’s rise to fame and fortune mirrors America’s own coming of age, and his resilience, like that of the nation, is challenged over and over and over again.

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    Also by Paul Auster

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    Also by Paul Auster

    Here and Now
    Moon Palace
    The Invention of Solitude
    The New York Trilogy
    Leviathan
    See all books by Paul Auster

    About Paul Auster

    Paul Auster’s novels include The Brooklyn Follies, Oracle Night, and In the Country of Last Things, as well as two memoirs, a collection of essays, a volume of poems, and the screenplays for several films. His work has been translated… More about Paul Auster

    About Paul Auster

    Paul Auster’s novels include The Brooklyn Follies, Oracle Night, and In the Country of Last Things, as well as two memoirs, a collection of essays, a volume of poems, and the screenplays for several films. His work has been translated… More about Paul Auster

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1995 | 304 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140231908

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1995 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9781101562635
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    “A charmer pure and simple. . .Nothing less than the story of America itself.”
    – The Washington Post
     
    “Achieves a kind of sublime craziness. . .Nobody – nobody – has produced a better parable about the condition of the national consciousness at century’s end.”
    – The Boston Globe
     
    “A rollicking tale of greed and redemption. . .Auster has created a character who will remain aloft in readers’ memories.”
    – People

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