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Jonathan Lethem has a unique talent for fantastic narrative structure-- just really great structural chops-- paired with dreadful, dreadful phrasing. Just horrible, embarrassing, aching-to-be-hip kind of descriptions (on the shit list there with Richard Russo and Michael Cunningham).
But the thing is, the sum works. It's a good story, a fully realized novel. Flawed, yes, cloying, sometimes, but a very worthy summer read, and often damn fun.
But the thing is, the sum works. It's a good story, a fully realized novel. Flawed, yes, cloying, sometimes, but a very worthy summer read, and often damn fun.