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The first two are sorta sci-fi. The last is not at all - it's about a private eye with Tourette's syndrome. Lethem's fiction ranges over all sorts of ground, but it's always entertaining. I highly recommend all of the above works, with the exception of As She Climbed Across the Table, which I recommend, but not highly.

E2 Book Reviews are often worthless, because there's no way to tell if you will agree with the reviewer. In an effort to avoid that fate, here's a list of some other authors I enjoy: Philip Dick, Michael Swanwick, José Saramago, Tim Powers.