The Book of Illusions

First UK edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 321, [7 (blank)]. Black paper-boards, lettered in ecru to spine; orange endpapers. Jacket blurbs by Peter Carey and Jonathan Lethem (priced £16.99 on the front flap).

Author's tenth novel. A New York Times Book Review 'Notable Book'. A grief-stricken man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a strange and intense journey into a shadowy world of lies, illusion and unexpected love. "Auster's elegant, finely calibrated The Book of Illusions is a haunting feat of intellectual gamesmanship." –The New York Times