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A review by bigchipper
A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky
3.0
Hmmm...what an interesting book. I guess you'd call it urban fantasy. My best description of it would be equal parts The Magicians (sans the school and Narnia bits), Less Than Zero, and maybe a splash of Bill Burroughs/Kerouac blended into hipster vignettes. Oh, there may some horror elements too.
The book follows the protagonist "M", an immortal hipster who makes a long overdue pilgrimage back to Brooklyn. Each chapter is a random short story of his interactions with other "magical" beings in the greater NY area and what I'd call random pocket universes that they inhabit. Overall, an interesting and fun read. Polansky's a good writer who doesn't take himself too seriously.
The book follows the protagonist "M", an immortal hipster who makes a long overdue pilgrimage back to Brooklyn. Each chapter is a random short story of his interactions with other "magical" beings in the greater NY area and what I'd call random pocket universes that they inhabit. Overall, an interesting and fun read. Polansky's a good writer who doesn't take himself too seriously.