Ecstasy of Influence

Jonathan Lethem is the New York Times-bestselling author of nine novels, including Dissident Gardens, The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Lethem has also published his stories and essays in the New Yorker, Harper‘s, Rolling Stone, Esquire and the New York Times, among others.

"A high-wire juggling act where all the balls are kept spinning perfectly" Irish Independent "The pleasure for readers is twofold: on one hand, there is the intrinsic interest in the subjects...On the other, there's the fact that this is Lethem telling us these things, and how it gives an insight into his own creative practice" Guardian "A collage of what makes Lethem tick" Monocle "Thoughtful and rambunctious ... a jazzy, patchwork memoir ... [a] fresh, erudite, zestful, funny frolic in the great fields of creativity" Booklist "Hefty and remarkable... These byways, all of which make room for eccentric flights as well as proper essays, augment the charm and impact of what Lethem prefers to call an autobiographical collage" The New York Times Book Review