A Quick Note

While I realize most of you are frustrated by the book (and you're entitled to your frustration, no doubt), the aim of this blog is to engage with the work in a way that's analytical and interpretative. I'm far more interested in seeing how you might place the work and its goals in context (say within the detective genre). My interest lies not in the evaluation of its quality but in the evaluation of its place (what does it do? how does it do it? under what terms? what is new about it? what is old? what does it say? how does it say it?)

Indulging Auster's aims for a few moments, what has he done with the workings of the genre, and how? What does his character's plight say about the workings of the detective and his world? What does it say about writing and literature? What does it say about our world? There are, I believe, clear answers to these questions. . . .

Cheers,

-B