The bestselling and beloved author of Motherless Brooklyn
and The Fortress of Solitude delivers a searing love letter
to the city that has inspired his finest work.
Chase Insteadman, former child television star, has a new role in
life—permanent guest on the Upper East Side dinner party circuit,
where he is consigned to talk about his astronaut fiancée, Janice
Trumbull, who is trapped on a circling Space Station. A chance
encounter collides Chase with Perkus Tooth, a wily pop culture guru
with a vicious conspiratorial streak and the best marijuana in
town. Despite their disparate backgrounds and trajectories Chase
and Perkus discover they have a lot in common, including a cast of
friends from all walks of life in Manhattan. Together and
separately they attempt to define the indefinable, and enter into a
quest for the most elusive of things: truth and authenticity in a
city where everything has a price.