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From one of America's most original and startlingly imaginative writers, a novel with "all the suspense and pace of a bestselling thriller."--The New York Times. A fireman and a gambler enter a poker game with two rich eccentrics, "risking everything on the single blind turn of a card." What... read more

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For one whole year he did nothing but drive, traveling back and forth across America as he waited for the money to run out.

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This is book 250 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

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  1. Paul Auster (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0-670-83535-8
Page Count: 224

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