Chronic City

Chronic City

2009 • 547 pages

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Chase Insteadman is a handsome, inoffensive former child-star, living a vague routine of dinner parties and glamorous engagements on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Meanwhile, his astronaut fiancee, trapped on the International Space Station, sends him rapturous love letters. Like Janice, Chase is adrift.


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Re-reading this after exactly a decade, I'm no longer sure just why I loved this book as much as I did, but it's still a solid read and a lot less embarrassing than other novels I adored in my 20s.

May 4, 2020