Mr Vertigo

by PaulAuster (Author)

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  Paperback
  1998

  $5.01

  I was twelve years old the first time I walked on water. Meet Walt, the irrepressible hero of Paul Auster's astonishing novel, the orphan from the mid-West who is set on the road to stardom by the dark and mesmerising figure of Master Yehudi.When the Master takes little Walt back to the mysterious house on the great plains, he initiates the tutorial process that will culminate in Walt learning to fly. Thus begins Walt Rawley's career as Mr Vertigo.Mr Vertigo is a compelling, magical novel, a work of true originality by a contemporary American writer at the height of his powers.