City of Glass Post 1

City of Glass is a complete contrast to the Big Sleep in so many different ways. For instance, the characters are so different compared to the Big Sleep. Auster introduction of the Main character Quinn is that he has an alter ego and uses several chapters to explain his identity and the possible reasons behind this alter ego. However, Marlow from the Big Sleep was more of a mystery and all you really knew about his personal life was his obsession with his work. Even though there are differences between how both authors portray their characters what makes this book interesting to me is the inclusion of the author himself in the book through the character Peter Stillman.

This notion is an intriguing one, as I have not read many books where the author is seen through two visions himself as the author and a character he makes up in his book. Not only this but how in an indirect way he has more than one author explaining the book , it intrigues me to see how the book might unfolded. Therefore, the reason why I like this book a lot more than the Big Sleep was that it is a typical murder mystery novel where the outcome can be easily predicated. However, the City of Glass is not, it does not really have a detective; there is also no main theme behind the book, so this in a way adds to the mystery and suspense of what might happen later in the book.
Pranav Shankla