Fans of Paul Auster's writing will be delighted for this glimpse into his earlier writing. The themes of the plays are very similar to those of his New York Trilogy stories and display his love for the absurd.

The detective novel is written in the first person and throws you into the story. Being him, of course, don't expect a straightforward “whodunnit” story. His style is a bit less flourished than in his later published work but you can already recognise it as Paul Auster, even though the genre requires him to stick to certain conventions (action over thought in most scenes, even though the latter scenes rely on thought over action).

This is highly recommended, for both Paul Auster's die hard fans and those mildly curious as to how a writer can financially survive in New York City.

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