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- Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox
Fierce, strange and savagely insightful, this 1970 classic looks at Brooklyn gentrification and charts a couple’s romantic downfall. - The Fortress of Solitude, by Jonathan Lethem
Comics and music infuse this whip-smart, deeply felt and slightly autobiographical meditation on youth, race and Boerum Hill. - American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis
Long maligned and misunderstood, this satire of Wall Street excess is at once disgusting, hilarious and totally relevant to our financially crippled era. - New York Trilogy, by Paul Auster
Gotham emerges with a patina of pure quirkiness in Auster’s triptych of pomo noir, which still stands out as his best work. - No Lease on Life, by Lynne Tillman
A hilariously jaded East Village woman works as a proofreader by day, cracks jokes and rants about her neighborhood at night. - Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
Ellison’s hero might live in a hovel, but his jazz-infused visions of New York are vibrant and unforgettable. - House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
Sure, some of it takes place on a country estate, but Wharton’s scenes in Grand Central and later in Lily Bart’s dilapidated apartment rank as the purest visions of the late-19th-century city’s interiors. - Underworld, by Don DeLillo
This far-reaching novel’s descriptions of postwar New York are executed with a combination of stunning detail and concealed dread. - Washington Square, by Henry James
Makes you happy that these days, most people can date whomever they choose.
Time Out New York / Mar 25, 2009
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