num_pages: 217
description: An “exceptional” ( Los Angeles Times ) tale of fate, loyalty, responsibility, and the real meaning of freedom, from the author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1:  A NovelA finalist for the PEN/Faulkner AwardThis “rich and dazzling” ( Wall Street Journal ) novel follows Jim Nashe who, after squandering an unexpected inheritance, picks up a young gambler named Jack Pozzi hoping to con two millionaires. But when their plans backfire, Jim and Jack are indentured by their elusive marks and are forced to build a meaningless wall with bricks gathered from ruins of an Irish castle. Time passes, their debts mount, and anger builds as the two struggle to dig themselves out of their Kafkaesque serfdom.New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster ( The New York Trilogy) brings us back into his strange, shape-shifting world of fiendish bargains and punitive whims, where chance is a powerful yet unpredictable force.
language: English
title: The Music of Chance
titlecomplete: The Music of Chance
characters: Jack Pozzi, Jim Nashe
genres: 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Roman, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 11526
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books