The Mayor's Tongue - Tapa blanda

aAmbitious, intelligent, hallucinatory, and, most important: heartfelt.a
aGary Shteyngart
aWhen Rich writes of his characters, their affections, their impulses and failings, he writes generously and movinglya]pointing the way to Nathaniel Richas promise as a fiction writer.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
aSublime invention.a
a"New York Magazine"
aDaring, wonderfully weirda]as haunting as the reality-collapsing yarns of Paul Auster.a
a "Interview"
aIf youare a Pynchon or Fowles fan, itas a novel for you.a
a"San Francisco Chronicle"
aFew American fiction debuts in recent years have thumbed their noses at literary convention like Nathaniel Richas "The Mayoras Tongue,"a
a"Time Out New York"

?Ambitious, intelligent, hallucinatory, and, most important: heartfelt.?
?Gary Shteyngart

?When Rich writes of his characters, their affections, their impulses and failings, he writes generously and movingly?pointing the way to Nathaniel Rich's promise as a fiction writer.?
?"The New York Times Book Review"

?Sublime invention.?
?"New York Magazine"

?Daring, wonderfully weird?as haunting as the reality-collapsing yarns of Paul Auster.?
? "Interview"

?If you?re a Pynchon or Fowles fan, it's a novel for you.?
?"San Francisco Chronicle"

?Few American fiction debuts in recent years have thumbed their noses at literary convention like Nathaniel Rich's "The Mayor's Tongue".?
?"Time Out New York"

Follows the dual stories of two men, including young Eugene, a passionate reader who devotes himself to an adventure writer, and elderly Mr. Schmitz, who in a series of increasingly ominous letters to a missing friend describes his growing desperation about his wife's deteriorating health. A first novel. Reprint.