Why read City of Glass?

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A late-night phone call from a stranger involves Quinn, a mystery writer, in a baffling murder case stranger than his novels

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1 author picked City of Glass as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

K. Woodman-Maynard

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City of Glass: The Graphic Novel is the adaptation of a Paul Auster novella about a man who receives a call meant for a private investigator and is pulled into an existential mystery. I’ve long been a fan of film noir and the mystery genre, and I like how this adaptation handles these themes in more unusual and modern ways, as well as Paul Karasik’s thoughtful page layouts. The Great Gatsby also has many noir themes which I tried to hint at in places, although I resisted going full-out noir, since that wouldn’t have been appropriate for the book.

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