Oracle Night

In this novel-with-footnotes, the narrator, Sidney Orr, is writing a work based on one of Dashiell Hammett's noir stories. Orr alternates between the tale he is writing and his real life, which becomes increasingly mysterious and which, in some ways, begins to mirror other well-known works of literature. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.