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The Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude
Author: Jonathan Lethem
This is the story of two boys, Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude. They are friends and neighbors, but because Dylan is white and Mingus is black, their friendship is not simple. This is the story of their Brooklyn neighborhood, which is almost exclusively black despite the first whispers of something that will become known as "gentrification.&quo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385500692
ISBN-10: 0385500696
Publication Date: 9/16/2003
Pages: 528
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3.9 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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I absolutely LOVE Lethem, and this might be my favorite. So much packed into this complex novel. Not the happiest of stories, but then happy is not my type of book! If you like Lethem then by all means, read this book. If you don't know Lethem, by all means, read this book. Get to know him.


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