EBOOK Chronic City
Opis
A Novel
The bestselling and beloved author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude delivers a searing love letter to the city that has inspired his finest work.Chase Insteadman, former child television star, has a new role in lifepermanent guest on the Upper East Side dinner party circuit, where he is consigned to talk about his astronaut fiancAA(c)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.BONUS MATERIAL:This edition includes an excerpt from Jonathan Lethem'sDissident Gardens.
The bestselling and beloved author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude delivers a searing love letter to the city that has inspired his finest work.Chase Insteadman, former child television star, has a new role in lifepermanent guest on the Upper East Side dinner party circuit, where he is consigned to talk about his astronaut fiancAA(c)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.BONUS MATERIAL:This edition includes an excerpt from Jonathan Lethem'sDissident Gardens.