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PLOT SUMMARY The 60-year-old Nathan Glass returns to Brooklyn after his wife has left him. He is recovering from lung cancer, and is looking for a quiet place to die. In Brooklyn he meets his nephew, Tom, whom he has not seen in several years. They develop a close friendship, and Nathan experiences the strange realisation that he can really mean something to somebody. The Brooklyn Follies contains the classic elements of a Paul Auster novel. The main character is a lonely man, who has suffered an unfortunate reversal. The narrative is based on sudden and randomly happening events and coincidences. The novel was published in Danish in May 2005, under the name Brooklyn Dårskab. It is published in English in November 2005. |
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