"Smart and funny . . . a biting satirical take on the intersection of art and commerce, integrity and façade. . . . A send up of all things cool." –Los Angeles Times "Fit to be devoured over a weekend." –Rolling Stone"A gentle and hip romantic comedy [that] breezes through LA's iconoclastic anonymity with a refreshing sincerity."–The Independent "His best since Gun, With Occasional Music . . . what makes the book sing are Lethem's accounts of what happens when a crowd on the street hears a band inside a building . . . or when for a moment four musicians understand each other better than anyone of them understands him or herself."–Greil Marcus, Interview