The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
More than any other writer of his generation, Jonathan Lethem has delighted in mixing up highbrow and lowbrow styles. Pulp fiction recipes and high literary aspirations somehow peacefully coexist with each other in his works, and the most puerile fantasies are elevated into 'serious' art, yet without losing any of their playfulness.
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