I discovered Leviathan a long while ago after I saw it referenced in a book dedicated to the history of photography. The conceptual artist Sophie Calle - a woman of many enigmas - was used by Auster in his sleek and intelligent novel as a basis for one of the main characters. In the one-line summary of the book I was hooked, and lined it up on my Amazon Wish List there and then.
A curious breed of thriller, biography and wonderful literary goodness; Leviathan is a book written in the way that makes you believe every word without even trying. Even where it rewrites history and tells you that people are famous, you go along with it and doubt everything apart from the tome before you. Written in a consciously experimental style, Auster writes in an intelligent but pacingly readable and entertaining way, with vivid and subtly brilliant characters who will carry you from explosive to start to the marvelous finish.
If you want something that can make you think whilst also being thoroughly entertained by a book that comes to life more so than much non-fiction, Leviathan makes for a wonderful romp through a world of explosions, genii, and the wonderfully offset couple of giant political themes matched with beautifully painted intimate relationships.
Pages: 200
Bottom Line: John Le Carré and Albert Camus have a wonderfully stylish lovechild. Explosions.
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