Oracle Night - Paul Auster

I’d come across Paul Auster’s work before but not many of his novels. I’d seen and enjoyed a couple of films ‘Smoke’ and ‘Blue in the Face’ which he had written the screen play for, in fact ‘Smoke’ was largely based on a novella that Auster had written called ‘Auggie Wren's Christmas Story’ and I ‘d promised myself that I would get around to reading some more of his books. ‘Oracle Nights’ tells the story of Sidney Orr a writer who is recently recovering from a life threatening illness. While still convalescing stuck at home with only reading and short yet taxing walks around the neighbourhood to pass the time he starts thinking about taking up writing again. ...  Read the complete review