Jonathan Lethem Reads “The Afterlife”

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Deborah Treisman
The Writer's Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker | May 12, 2020

Jonathan Lethem reads his story from the May 18, 2020, issue of the magazine. Lethem is the author of more than fifteen books of fiction, including “Motherless Brooklyn,” “The Gambler’s Anatomy,” and “The Feral Detective.” A new novel, “The Arrest,” will be published later this year.  

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