A Meaningful Life
L.J. Davis, (Introduction) Jonathan Lethem
Language: English
Published by New York Review Books, 2009
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First published in 1971. This novel is a blistering black comedy about gentrification and its discontents, a gritty picture of New York's collapse, and a prophetic send-up of middle class anxieties and ambitions. Lowell Lake's mission in life is to restore a beautiful crumbling mansion in a decaying and crime-ridden section of Brooklyn to its past grandeur; to dig up its lost history. This American boy wants to fix what's gone wrong with his life. He wants to make good, and he will even murder to do it. 232p.
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- Title
- A Meaningful Life
- Author
- L.J. Davis, (Introduction) Jonathan Lethem
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1590173007
- ISBN 13
- 9781590173008
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About the Author
L. J. Davis was an author and prize-winning journalist who has contributed to The New York Times, Mother Jones, and Harper’s, among other publications.
Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude. He lives in Brooklyn and in Maine.
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