The Book of Illusions

Six months after losing his wife and two young sons in a plane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in alcoholic grief and self-pity.Then, watching television one night, he stumbles upon a lost film by the great silent comedian Hector Mann, and finds himself entranced. His growing obsession with the mystery of Mann's true life story will tahe Zimmer on a strange and intense journey into a shadow-world of lies illusions and unexpected love... 'A stunning feat of imagination and likely the best book that Auster has written.' Financial Times