Monday, August 23, 2010

Currently Reading: Gun, With Occasional Music

I am a big fan of Jonathan Lethem (probably it is that whole Brooklyn thing). I really enjoyed Motherless Brooklyn, Chronic City and Fortress of Solitude so now I am reading Gun, With Occasional Music

Something I noticed is how infrequently he uses "SAT" words. His characters are usually blue-collar detectives so I guess it makes sense...

His most famous line is probably this one

"There are days when I get up in the morning and stagger into the bathroom and begin running water and then I look up and I don't even recognize my own toothbrush in the mirror"

I really liked this one from Gun

"A waitress finally looked at her map somewhere and figured out we were on it. She bent low over the table and asked if we wanted anything"

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