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...troupe’s producer, is a rich Manhattan socialite whose Gramercy Park brownstone is “decked out like a James Bond stronghold.” The incest of the First Borns is evident with Jake and Grace, two friends who are already scandalously inseparable at the book??s onset. Then there is peppy and fresh-faced Cam, Rosalie’s friend for years, whose relationship she describes as “old pals with conveniently complementary body parts...
Scott would know. He penned a scathing review of Bowen’s first book, The Game of Life, entitled “What Game Are They Playing?” in which he tore apart the book??s statistical findings and all but implied that Bowen should enroll in Stat 100 for the spring term...
Although the story outlined in Mosque is fictional, the titular architectural structure central to the book??s plot is modeled after existing sixteenth-century mosques created by Sinan, the most famous architect in the Ottoman empire’s history. Throughout the work, Macaulay unravels the mystery behind a building that serves both spiritual and functional purposes...
Indeed, one of the book??s most interesting devices comes from a comic book: a flying man, who Dylan and Mingus glimpse repeatedly around their neighborhood. “In this book there’s a flying man,” Lethem said, all seriousness. “Every now and then there’s this figure leaping over the rooftops...
...setting, an intensely detailed Brooklyn in a vital and specific time, Lethem explains that “I was letting it lead me through the book??I wanted to really let myself write about the place that moved me.” Perhaps noting the critical strain that has resulted from such a jam-packed style—a style dubbed “hysterical realism” by some critics—he added that “I think there are a lot of pages of scenery, but I hope it’s as emotionally...