The Book of Illusions: A Novel

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK. . Six months after losing his wife and two young sons Vermont Professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. One night he stumbles upon a clip from a lost film by silent comedian Hector Mann. His interest is piqued and he soon finds himself embarking on a journey around the world to research a book on this mysterious figure who vanished from sight in 1929. . When the book is published the following year a letter turns up in Zimmers mailbox bearing a return address from a small town in New Mexico inviting him to meet Hector. Zimmer hesitates until one night a strange woman appears on his doorstep and makes the decision for him changing his life forever.