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Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

A private detective named Lionel "Freakshow" Essrog, who suffers from Tourette's syndrome, is the hero of Lethem's novel, set in a particularly colorful part of Brooklyn. Essrog must track down the murderer of his old friend, and boss, the big-time gangster Frank Minna. A 1999 New York Times Notable Book.

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The Fortress of Solitude

The Fortress of Solitude more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

Dylan grows up in a black neighborhood in Brooklyn, the only white boy around. His hippie parents are oblivious, but his troubles in an all-black milieu are eased by his best friend, Mingus Rude, the son of a soul singer. As the boys grow up, Dylan moves away from his roots and goes off to college in Berkeley, while Mingus falls deep into crack ...

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Gun, with occasional music

Gun, with occasional music more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

Set in the near future, Jonathan Lethem's novel involves a private detective named Conrad Metcalf, the wealthy woman he is hired to follow (but not hired to fall for), her murdered husband, a gang of thugs, and a rabbit.

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Amnesia Moon

Amnesia Moon more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem plays with memory, time and character in this picaresque novel about a man called Chaos, stricken with amnesia in Hatfork, Wyoming, who discovers that his name is really Everett Moon and that he is from San Francisco. In this near-future, however, San Francisco has become a "city of erasures," perpetually foggy, where the names of ...

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You Don't Love Me Yet

You Don't Love Me Yet more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

Brimming with satire and sex, this affectionate send-up of the alternative band scene, the city of Los Angeles, and the entire genre of romantic comedy remains unmistakably the work of the inimitable Lethem.

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As She Climbed Across the Table

As She Climbed Across the Table more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

A professor falls in love with a physicist named Alice, who falls in love with her own creation: a void in the universe called Lack.

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Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s

Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s more books like this

by Philip K Dick, Jonathan Lethem (Editor)

This Library of America volume brings together four of Dick's most original, mesmerizing, and surprising novels: "The Man in the High Castle, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," and "Ubik."

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The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye

The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

This volume contains seven short stories by author Lethem, including three Nebula Award nominees and two nominees for the prestigious Tiptree Award.

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Girl in Landscape

Girl in Landscape more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

In this unusual coming-of-age novel, a teenager mourning the death of her mother is forced to flee Brooklyn with her family after an apocalyptic event. They end up on an obscure planet where she becomes involved with the planet's charismatic leader.

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Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick

Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick more books like this

by Philip K. Dick, Jonathan Lethem (Introduction by)

At work in each of these stories is Dick's uncanny ability to imagine bizarre new worlds in which human emotions play out with profound and arresting familiarity. Includes "The Minority Report, Imposter, Roog, Beyond Lies the Wub, " and "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, " the basis for the film "Total Recall."

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The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem (Editor)

This anthology collects stories about memory loss. Work by Shirley Jackson, Donald Barthelme, Vladimir Nabokov, and many others is included.

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Men and Cartoons: Stories more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

Before MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN and FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE brought Jonathan Lethem a wider audience, he was known primarily as a writer of literary science fiction. Both halves of his career are evident in this slim volume of short stories, which uses fantastic motifs to explore themes familiar to all Lethem fans: comic books, the powerful effect of the ...

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The Disappointment Artist: Essays more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

From a confession of the sadness of a ""Star Wars" nerd" to an investigation into the legacy of a would-be literary titan, Lethem illuminates the process by which a child invents himself as a writer, and as a human being, through a series of approaches to the culture around him.

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The Man Who Lost the Sea: Volume X: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon more books like this

by Theodore Sturgeon, Jonathan Lethem (Foreword by)

By the winner of the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy Life Achievement awards, this latest volume--written between 1957 and 1960--finds Sturgeon in fine form as he gains recognition for the first time as a literary short story writer.

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Men and Cartoons more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem's new collection of stories is a feast for his fans and the perfect introduction for new readers--nine fantastic, amusing, poignant tales written in a dizzying variety of styles, as Lethem samples high and low culture to create fictional worlds that are utterly original. Longtime readers will recognize echoes of Lethem's novels in ...

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The Disappointment Artist: And Other Essays more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

From a confession of the sadness of a ""Star Wars" nerd" to an investigation into the legacy of a would-be literary titan, Lethem illuminates the process by which a child invents himself as a writer, and as a human being, through a series of approaches to the culture around him.

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Kafka Americana more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem, Carter Scholz

This collection of takeoffs on Kafka's stories includes a story in which Kafka writes the screenplay to the decidedly un-Kafkaesque "It's A Wonderful Life" and another that turns THE TRIAL into a story about bad credit.

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Lit Riffs: Writers "Cover" Songs They Love more books like this

by Julianna Baggott, M.F.A., Jonathan Lethem, Tom Perrotta

Following in the footsteps of the late great Lester Bangs -- the most revered and irreverent of rock 'n' roll critics -- twenty-four celebrated writers have penned stories inspired by great songs. Just as Bangs cast new light on a Rod Stewart classic with his story "Maggie May," about a wholly unexpected connection between an impressionable young ...

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This Shape We're in more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

In Jonathan Lethem's short novel, Henry Farbur, a retired general, enjoys a super-conventional life until his estranged son is seen begging on the streets. Farbur's search for his son, and for the truth about the mysterious "shape" in which he lives, comprise a journey through a bizarre underworld.

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Brooklyn Is: Southeast of the Island: Travel Notes more books like this

by James Agee, Jonathan Lethem (Preface by)

Propulsive, lyrical, jazzy, and tender, its pitch-perfect descriptions endure even as Brooklyn changes; Agee's essay--originally written in 1939 but published in 1968--is a New York classic.

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The Brooklyn Novels: Summer in Williamsburg Homage to Blenholt Low Company more books like this

by Daniel Fuchs, Jonathan Lethem (Introduction by)

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How We Got Insipid more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem, Blake Lethem (Illustrator)

A short story collection by the author of THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE and MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN. Limited to only 1500 copies.

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The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye: Stories more books like this

by Jonathan Lethem

This volume contains seven short stories by author Lethem, including three Nebula Award nominees and two nominees for the prestigious Tiptree Award.

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Kafka Americana more books like this

by Carter Scholz, Jonathan Lethem

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Fortaleza De La Soledad/the Fortress of Solitude

by Jonathan Lethem

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