The Brooklyn Follies

A Novel

Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, estranged from his only daughter, the retired life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Nathan finds his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, working in a local bookstore - a far cry from the brilliant academic career he'd begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the charismatic Harry Brightman, 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 set of acquaintances - not …

Hardcover, 320 pages

English language

Published Dec. 27, 2005 by Henry Holt and Co..

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Subjects
  • Middle aged men
  • Psychological
  • General
  • Auster, Paul - Prose & Criticism
  • Fiction - General
  • Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • Fiction
  • Middle-aged men
  • Literary
  • Fiction / Literary
  • Autobiography
  • Retirees
  • Authorship
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

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