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" The Brooklyn follies / "
Paul Auster.
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BL
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1004534
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b758904
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| Main Entry
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Auster, Paul,1947-
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| Title & Author
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The Brooklyn follies /\ Paul Auster.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Henry Holt and Co.,, 2006.
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306 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0312429002
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: 0805077146
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: 9780312429003
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: 9780805077148
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| Abstract
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"Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, retired, estranged from his only daughter, the former life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Glass encounters his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, who is working in a local bookstore. Through Tom and his charismatic boss, Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new set of acquaintances, which leads him to a reckoning with his past."--Publisher's website.
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Retired life insurance salesman Nathan Glass moves to Brooklyn to find anonymity and solitude through his declining years, but a chance meeting with Tom Wood, his long-lost nephew, forces him to come to terms with his past.
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Autobiography-- Authorship, Fiction.
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Middle-aged men, Fiction.
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Retirees, Fiction.
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Autobiography-- Authorship.
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Middle-aged men.
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Retirees.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Fiction.
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Park Slope (New York, N.Y.), Fiction.
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New York (State), New York, Brooklyn.
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New York (State), New York, Park Slope.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3551.U77B76 2006
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I712.45clc
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