Escaping the fortress of solitude...

The A.V. Club recently did a really cool interview with one of my favourite authors, Macarthur Genius Grant recipient Jonathan Lethem. He's written what I consider to be two truly astounding novels that should be required reading for anyone trying live in the twenty-first century, Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude. My favourite novel of his so far is The Fortress of Solitude which came out in 2003. It tells the story of Dylan Ebdus growing up in 1970's Brooklyn and follows him as well as his black best friend, Mingus Rude, through the 80's and 90's. His newest novel, You Don't Love Me Yet, is also very enjoyable but far less ambitious. One could hardly blame Lethem for writing a stopover EP after an epic double album like The Fortress of Solitude. You can read the interview here:

http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/jonathan_lethem