Chronic City

A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year.

A searing and wildly entertaining love letter to New York City from the bestselling author of Motherless Brooklyn and Fortress of Solitude.

Chase Insteadman, former child television star, has a new role in life--permanent guest on the Upper East Side dinner party circuit, where he is consigned to talk about his astronaut fiancée, 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.

"Full of dark humor and dazzling writing" --Entertainment Weekly

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/24/2010
ISBN: 9780307277527
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.26w x 1.04d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 08/20/2010 pg. 128
New York Times Book Review 09/12/2010 pg. 32