What author quoted the following Italo Calvino quote in his 2007 debut novel : "The word connects the visible trace with the invisible thing, the absent thing, the thing that is desired or feared, like a frail emergency bridge flung over an abyss." ?

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall ?

You got it ! (Color me impressed, I thought I was sneaking in one that might not get found !)

Thanks for the answer.