Jonathan Lethem: Dissident Gardens
Wednesday 29 January 2014, 7 p.m. · 73 minutes![](https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/300_filter/images/0/1/7/9/529710-9-eng-GB/52b1e26410a04.jpg 300w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/400_filter/images/0/1/7/9/529710-9-eng-GB/52b1e26410a04.jpg 400w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/800_filter/images/0/1/7/9/529710-9-eng-GB/52b1e26410a04.jpg 800w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/1200_filter/images/0/1/7/9/529710-9-eng-GB/52b1e26410a04.jpg 1200w)
'The past is a mosaic; we make it out of present materials.'
Jonathan Lethem’s latest book Dissident Gardens (Cape) tells, in a ‘torrent of potent voices, searing ironies, popculture allusions, and tragicomic complexities’ the story of three generations of a radical New York family, at the same time painting a vivid portrait of the American Century.
Jonathan Lethem was in conversation with Benjamin Markovits, author of A Quiet Adjustment and named by Granta as one of their Best Young British Novelists of 2013.
Jonathan Lethem's Dissident Gardens was Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. He's written a post on the Radio 4 blog about the music that has influenced his writing. Catch up with his last visit to the bookshop on our podcast.