joanthan lethem
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Review of Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem
Harping on race and gentrification on about every page, employing a sledgehammer when a lighter touch would’ve been appreciated. The old-fashioned style is quaintly meta, with a grossly omniscient narrator who seems fond of gangsta slang. As in some of his other novels, the male protagonist is blasé about indiscreet…
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Review of The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem
After Lethem’s recent novel The Feral Detective, I didn’t know what to expect. This is an unconventional post-apocalyptic novel. Contrary to the blurb, I would not call it dystopian. Apart from the metafictional antics of its screenwriter main character, it comes alive with humorous anachronisms, some subtle social commentary, stock…
L. S. Popovich 