The Fortress of Solitude
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Fortress of Solitude is a 2003 novel by Jonathan Lethem. In 1970s Brooklyn, Dylan Ebdus, one of the few white kids in his neighborhood, forms a friendship with Mingus Rude, the son of a soul singer. With a magic ring that lets them fly, the boys follow very different paths through music, race and the changing city.
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- Stephen King: “On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition (Scribner, 2010), per afterword list in On Writing (10th anniv. ed.)”