Chronic City

Chronic City - Paperback

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Chronic City - Paperback

Chronic City - Paperback

by Jonathan Lethem
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by Jonathan Lethem (Author)

A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year.

A searing and wildly entertaining love letter to New York City from the bestselling author of Motherless Brooklyn and Fortress of Solitude.

Chase Insteadman, former child television star, has a new role in life--permanent guest on the Upper East Side dinner party circuit, where he is consigned to talk about his astronaut fiancée, Janice Trumbull, who is trapped on a circling Space Station. A chance encounter collides Chase with Perkus Tooth, a wily pop culture guru with a vicious conspiratorial streak and the best marijuana in town. Despite their disparate backgrounds and trajectories Chase and Perkus discover they have a lot in common, including a cast of friends from all walks of life in Manhattan. Together and separately they attempt to define the indefinable, and enter into a quest for the most elusive of things: truth and authenticity in a city where everything has a price.

"Full of dark humor and dazzling writing" --Entertainment Weekly

Author Biography

JONATHAN LETHEM is the author of seven novels. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, Lethem has also published his stories and essays in The New Yorker, Harper's, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and the New York Times, among others.

Number of Pages: 480
Dimensions: 1.04 x 7.98 x 5.26 IN
Publication Date: August 24, 2010
ISBN9780307277527
Author Jonathan Lethem
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages480
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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