Using It and Losing It
Pratt walked the distance to work, stopped in at his accustomed cigar store to buy cigarettes, and rode the elevator upstairs to his office; in short, his standard routine, without deviation—yet it didn’t feel right.
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem is the author of eight novels including Girl In Landscape and Chronic City. His short stories and essays have been collected in three volumes; a fourth, The Ecstasy of Influence, is due out in November. His writing has been translated into over thirty languages. He lives in Los Angeles and Maine.