Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem reads a passage from Chronic City, his new novel about a former child star who meets an unusual friend in a man named Perkus Tooth. (Running Time: 22:14)

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Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, Lethem has published his stories and essays in The New Yorker, Harper's, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and the New York Times, among others.