Ah, the critics have had great fun with this book, trotting out their Derrida deconstructions. But at heart, Invisible is an existential thriller, a mystery in which nothing's murdered except innocence. Paul Auster has a serious, wry, intelligence, and his mastery raises genre to the ranks of the best contemporary fiction. The man can breathe suspense into a three-word phrase. His characters have the complexity and subtlety Henry James would have given them--if Henry could have borne an easy tone and picked up his pace. And despite a certain detachment, he still has you by the hand, telling you the story from four angles in succession and leaving you wondering, yet not dangling.A great read, an interesting structure, a haunting tale.
--Jeannette Cooperman, staff writer
