Novelist Paul Auster sets sights on US gun violence in new book


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Deeply moved by photographer Ostrander's black-and-white pictures from the sites of more than 30 mass shootings, Auster penned an accompanying text in 'Bloodbath Nation' about the massacre of innocents in schools, clubs, churches and malls across America. Photo: AFP

The popular US novelist Paul Auster is turning his sights on America's epidemic of gun violence in a hard-hitting, 100-page essay that features photos from mass shootings.

The writing in this new work Bloodbath Nation (Grove Press) by Auster, 75, is terse and sombre and is accompanied by pictures taken by photographer Spencer Ostrander.

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