Man In The Dark - Paul Auster

SPOILER WARNING!!

Austerrific, what else is there to say? (Also, writing this one book later so memory of specifics not great). All very self-reflective; stories within stories, etc. The revelation of how the son died was devastatingly powerful, despite the fact that I had guessed 30 or so pages in advance. The way he approaches the subjects he writes about (war, in this case) is so original and unexpected that you barely realise what it's all about until after you've finished reading it.