The Book of Illusions: a novel

Paperback. Pages: 336 Language: English Publisher:. Faber and Faber One mans obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies. illusions. and unexpected love After losing his wife and young sons in a plane crash. Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in grief. Then. watching television one night. he stumbles upon a lost film by silent comedian Hector Mann. and remembers how to laugh ... Mann was a comic genius . in trademark white suit and fluttering black moustache But one morning in 1929 he walked out of his house and was never heard from again Zimmers obsession with Mann drives him to publish a study of his work;.. whereupon he receives a letter postmarked New Mexico . supposedly written by Manns wife. and inviting him to visit the great Mann himself Can Hector Mann be alive Zimmer cannot de...