As an European, I'm going to NYC this summer for the first time. I'd like to read books set in NYC or NYC-related. Any suggestions besides pic related ?
Paul Auster - New York Trilogy
Rachel Kushner - The Flamethrowers
Jay McInerney - Bright Lights Big City
Jonathan Lethem - Motherless Brooklyn
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V. - Thomas Pynchon
The Recognitions - William Gaddis
The Great Gatsby
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American Psycho
he rapes his sister, phoebe
thank you!
like a slightly dumber-than-average HBO drama set in boho manhattan, immersive but deadening, so it's good nyc prereading
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"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison. It's about an unnamed protagonists Dante-esque trip through New York. It was written at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and really captures the jazz and racial issues at the root of Harlem.
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Manhattan Transfer
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Go to The Strand, its pretty cool
