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Stoned in Manhattan

Jane Ciabattari talks with Jonathan Lethem about his new novel, Chronic City, the allure of Manhattan, and his knowledge of pot smoking.

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I first saw Jonathan Lethem in January 2005, as he stood in near darkness on the balcony at a bookstore in New York to announce the five finalists for the National Book Critics Circle award in fiction.

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