A review by jervonyc
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem

3.0

Lethem does marvelous things with language, and he outdoes himself in this very Pynchon-esque tale of strange-named people in a bizarre, fictional mirror image of NYC. And yet, now that I'm finished with it, I don't really know *why* this book had to be written. Nothing particularly interesting happens, and none of the characters themselves are particularly interesting, aside from their quirky personalities.