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The Fortress of Solitude

The Fortress of Solitude

by JonathanLethem (Author)

Synopsis

From the funked-up, messed up Brooklyn of the 1970s to the present day, this novel spans 30 years in the life of two best friends, Dylan and Mingus, their families and an entire neighbourhood. From their stories comes the history of soul music, graffiti art, comic books and experimental film.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 528
 Edition: 1st Edition
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 08 Jan 2004
ISBN 10: 0571219330
ISBN 13: 9780571219339

Media Reviews
The story of two boys from Brooklyn, a white boy called Dylan Ebdus and a black boy, Mingus Rude. We follow their lives from childhood, and breathe in the atmosphere of the Boerum Hill area of Brooklyn and its inhabitants. It starts in the 1970s and comes up to the present day, a massive sprawling novel full of sound and colour which all goes to make up a portrait of American life in the 20th century. It is stuffed with the graffiti, comic books, crime and violence of its era. Truly an epic novel and one which deserves to be read at its own pace. Genuinely unusual.