Tales from the Completist: "The New York Trilogy," by Paul Auster

The New York Trilogy (1987) By Paul Auster Reviewed by Jason Pettus In a few weeks I'm going to have the opportunity to read Paul Auster's surprise new novel, 4 3 2 1, which has already been gathering up tons of accolades from early reviewers; but I've never actually read any work by Auster before, so I thought I'd start with the very first thing he published, The New York Trilogy which originally consisted of three separate small novels in the 1980s, but is now only sold as a one-volume set...