Last updated: 22 january, 2010 - 13:34 GMT
Jonathan Lethem
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Jonathan Lethem's new book Chronic City has been described by critics as "stunning" and "brilliant".
On The Strand he discusses this story of an alternative reality Manhattan where a bizarre fog is engulfing Wall Street, a character is stranded abroad a space station and a tiger is prowling the streets.
Chronic City is his seventh novel and has been hailed as a love song to Manhattan. Mark Coles asks the author why he chose to set the book in New York.
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