For current paperback edition see: do you believe in love at first sight? Paul auster doesn't. Paul doesn't believe in much at all. He's thirty, slightly overweight, and his best features are his acerbic wit and the colo...For current paperback edition see: do you believe in love at first sight? Paul auster doesn't. Paul doesn't believe in much at all. He's thirty, slightly overweight, and his best features are his acerbic wit and the color commentary he provides as life passes him by.