num_pages: 304
description: Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, retired, estranged from his only daughter, the former life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Glass encounters his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, who is working in a local bookstore -- a far cry from the brilliant academic career Tom had begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the colorful and charismatic Harry Brightman -- aka Harry Dunkel -- once the owner of a Chicago art gallery, whom fate has also brought to the "ancient kingdom of Brooklyn, New York." Through Tom and Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new circle of acquaintances -- not to mention a stray relative or two -- and leads him to a reckoning with his past.With The Brooklyn Follies, the always astonishing Paul Auster has written what is undoubtedly his warmest, most exuberant novel, a moving, unforgettable hymn to the glories and mysteries of ordinary human life.
language: English
title: The Brooklyn Follies
titlecomplete: The Brooklyn Follies
characters: Harry Brightman, Nathan Glass, Tom Wood
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Americana, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, New York, 21st Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 27537
places: New York City, New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
publisher: Faber & Faber