This is not the stuff of childhood dreams. Instead of a modern luxury apartment, his home is "Fort Wonton" in former Chinatown rather than a career as a lawyer, his profession involves killing undead stragglers left after a first pass by the military. Ultimately, he does make it to New York City but not in the way he imagined he would. A highly literary, humorous, and richly sensuous novel that reflects on the irony of fate in post-apocalyptic ManhattanĪs a child, "Mark Spitz" (the ironic nickname of the otherwise unnamed main character who can't swim) dreamed of living in Manhattan, captivated by the bright lights and soaring buildings of his family's visits to his Uncle Lloyd.
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