- Backgammon, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, suspense
An international backgammon hustler, who has amassed a fortune through psychic tomfoolery, develops a large tumor on his face that compromises his vision and eventually threatens his life, forcing him to pursue an experimental surgery and contemplate existential questions.
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Contemporary, classical in form and open-ended.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Jonathan Lethem
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 289
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Vintage
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780385539906
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