Being a big fan of Lethem, I can't recommend this book strongly enough. It's an amazing journey through a kind of alternate New York. It's basically a buddy novel (as was Lethem's wonderful Fortress of Solitude), this time between a hard-boiled NY cultural critic, Perkus Tooth, and a washed-up 80's child sitcom actor, Chase Insteadman. The unlikely friendship between the two results in growth in both men. Surreal, postmodern chaos reigns in New York, the "chronic city" that provides the opportunity for Lethem to engage in some sophisticated and humorous cultural criticism of his own.
click here for a review of the book from NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/books/review/Cowles-t.html
click here for a review of the book from NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/books/review/Cowles-t.html
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