Chronic City Contributor(s): Lethem, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307277526 ISBN-13: 9780307277527 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Urban |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.26" W x 7.98" (0.75 lbs) 480 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 fianc e, 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 |