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Praise for Lake City "A caustic satire on class privilege and deprivation . . . Along with steeping you in the sodden, bone-chilling back streets of Lake City, Kohnstamm serves up historical background on the neighborhood and even tosses in a capsule corporate history of Fred Meyer for good measure . . . The portrait Kohnstamm offers of a Seattle backwater trailing in the wake of the Emerald City’s rising glamour is indelible." ―Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times "I love Thomas Kohnstamm for writing a whole book set in Lake City. Someone had to. Someone had to make something of the in-between area known for its car dealerships, its strip club, its sub sandwich shop, and its couple of bars. A place that doesn't even know if it's a lake or a city or a city of lakes. In Kohnstamm's debut novel, a semi-shitty guy named Lane Beuche has fallen on hard times. He's lost his wife, he's living in his mom's house, and he thinks he deserves the life of privilege from which he's been unceremoniously banished. Watch him climb out of the hole he dug for himself, and enjoy the elegy for old Seattle along the way." ―Rich Smith, The Stranger “An intelligent, darkly comic page turner . . . Parts of it read like outtakes from Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections or Jess Walter’s The Financial Lives of Poets . . . Kohnstamm has a zippy sense of plot and a fine eye for detail.†―Stefan Milne, Seattle Met "Kohnstamm’s book takes you into the heart of this usually ignored corner of Northeast Seattle and lucidly portrays the grit of Lake City Way, its trailer parks, its dive bars, and, most vividly, its Fred Meyer." ―Lester Black, The Stranger "This is a book that embraces Gary Snyder’s unofficial title as 'The Poet of Lake City.' Hell, the very first page of the story reads like a poem praising the strip malls and run-down garages of Lake City Way . . . Lake City is a story as pugnacious and as charming as its protagonist . . . Kohnstamm may be concerned with recreating a Seattle of a different time, but he insists on engaging modern Seattle in a deep conversation." ―Paul Constant, The Seattle Review of Books "The Fred Meyer scenes are glorious . . . Kohnstamm is at his best when he's sending up a special kind of virtue-signaling liberal who claims to live their life in constant service to the oppressed, but who doesn't actually do anything for them . . . Local readers will likely enjoy the familiar locations and scraps of lore." ―Rich Smith, The Stranger “All at once hip, intrepid, and philosophical . . . Kohnstamm’s fresh voice has a millennial groove, the story is engaging and gritty, and there’s an impressive scrutiny of personal and societal ethics.†―Publishers Weekly "Snarky social commentary on the world of Seattle have-nots." ―Kirkus Reviews “Lake City is a darkly funny and extremely relevant debut novel about American inequality and moral authority, featuring a sad-sack antihero who takes way too long to grow up. When he finally does, the results are beautiful, and the book ultimately becomes an elegy for a now-gone Seattle, and a lesson in how the place we’re from never fully lets us go.†―Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See "Kohnstamm delivers a blistering, clear-eyed, and surefooted debut novel about the perils and pitfalls of misdirected ambition. More than that, Lake City is a hilarious and sneakily incisive examination of the cultural tensions, and widening class divides that simmer on the fringes of an increasingly homogenized Seattle―or San Francisco, or Brooklyn, or Los Angeles, or any other American city in the throes of affluenza and gentrification." ―Jonathan Evison, author of Lawn Boy “Kohnstamm has written a novel of Pale Male Fail above and below the poverty line, a Dickensian tale of a fledgling philosopher who’s taken flight from trailer parks to Gramercy Park and then . . . had his wings clipped. This is the American Dream cut thin on a grocery store meat slicer, laced with oxy, stolen booze, and an unfinished dissertation. It’s a rotgut to Dom Pérignon rainbow, which is to say: Lake City is a crucial black comedy about the myths of money and happiness, and whether nature, nurture, or AmEx rears a better man.†―Maria Dahvana Headley, New York Times–bestselling author of The Mere Wife “There are so many reasons to admire Thomas Kohnstamm’s astonishing debut novel: his astute and cutting depiction of urban gentrification, his pitch-perfect evocation of a young man’s endless ricochet between self-aggrandizement and self-hatred, his vision of Seattle’s grungy underside that is so richly related one can almost smell the cedar and cannabis wafting off the pages. And yet, it is Kohnstamm’s innate storytelling verve―his taut, noirish knack for plotting and his ability to make the reader laugh, cringe, worry, and feel for his characters all at once― that makes Lake City truly unputdownable.†―Stefan Merrill Block, author of Oliver Loving: A Novel “Kohnstamm knowingly illuminates the underbelly of Seattle―a place of beater cars, strip clubs, and a subpar hypermarket―far from the hipsters and gentrifiers. Hilarious as it is cutting, Lake City offers an all-too-insightful critique of clashing classes and misguided ideas of success.†―Shari Goldhagen, author of In Some Other World, Maybe "How many things can go wrong when you try to straddle the line between two economically defined classes in the lovely city of Seattle, Washington, just after the tragic events of 9/11? Lane just wants his wife back (along with her money, of course) but getting into her good graces won’t be easy. When he’s drawn into a scheme to trick a young birth mother in his neighborhood, he thinks it will be a quick step back to the life he’s after. But things often don’t go the way we expect. Eventually, he’s forced to admit that something has to give, and he can’t ignore the needs of the small child that has been caught in this web of intrigue. This is a beautifully crafted debut novel from a man whose writing Jonathan Evison calls 'clear-eyed' and 'blistering.' I couldn’t agree more." ―Linda Bond, Auntie's Bookstore (Spokane, WA) Praise for Thomas Kohnstamm "A comic rogue who seems to have modeled his life and prose on Hunter S. Thompson's." ―The New York Times "Kohnstamm is one to watch." ―Kirkus Reviews Praise for Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? "A comic rogue who seems to have modeled his life and prose on Hunter S. Thompson's . . . I could not get enough of the most depraved travel book of the year." ―The New York Times "Hilarious." ―The New York Times Book Review "The shot heard 'round the travel world…" ―The Washington Post "It's Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, but with tourism… [Lonely Planet CEO] Ms. Slatyer made Mr. Kohnstamm's book sound dangerous." ―The New York Observer "Kohnstamm is nobody's model travel journalist, except maybe Hunter Thompson's… [he's the] sudden enfant terrible of his field… Do Travel Writers Go To Hell? is the best-written, funniest book of travel literature since Phaic Tan." ―The Philadelphia Inquirer "[Kohnstamm]'s the first to blow the whistle on the travel industry's dirty little secret." ―T Magazine, The Moment blog, The New York Times "Thomas Kohnstamm's raw portrayal of life as a young, broke travel writer in South America… A must-read for any backpacker―future, past, or present." ―Outside "The colorful adventures of a budding travel writer in Brazil… a wonderfully picaresque journey through the vibrant Brazilian landscape . . . Readers will relish the countless stories of the author's misadventures, but Kohnstamm brings more than just anecdotes: He offers a solid understanding of the mechanics of the travel-writing industry and a unique ability to illuminate that world to readers. Notable for its spirited prose and insightful exploration of the less-romantic side of travel writing. Kohnstamm is one to watch." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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About the Author
THOMAS KOHNSTAMM was born and raised in Seattle. He is the author of the memoir Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? and writes for a variety of video and animation series. Lake City is his first novel. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.
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Product details
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Counterpoint (January 8, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1640091424
ISBN-13: 978-1640091429
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.9 out of 5 stars
34 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#98,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
OK, my disclaimer: I was born in Seattle. I grew up in Seattle. And I lived just over the hill from the actual Lake City neighborhood where much of this novel takes place. The author's take on the neighborhood is so true-to-life, I felt like I might show up as an extra in a scene somewhere. So part of my love for this book is nostalgia. But most of it isn't. For one thing, though I spent most of my growing up years running up and down Lake City Way (with its odd combination of car dealerships, gas stations, convenience stores, a great sushi restaurant, and, yes, Rick's strip club) I've never heard the place described with such gritty smarm (or smarmy grit, if you prefer). Even if you've never been there, you have. Every city has a Lake City. It's America's "every neighborhood that isn't exactly the neighborhood you'd want to live in but probably do or probably have". Of greater interest, however, is our main character, Lane. I won't spoil the fun of describing him here. The author does a great job of revealing this most-anti of anti-heroes. If there's a true hero in this story it is the language. Page after page after page I run into phrases and sentences I love, and I get that feeling so many of us get: "Man, I wish I had written that!" Some of it reminds me of the hard-nosed and pragmatically cynical noir fiction voice of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as they animate their famous characters: Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe. But this is noir fiction with a razor-sharp comic edge. The book is dripping with irony and, frankly, the cynicism about Seattle is so apropos of today's city which I will simply say is not the city of my youth—though Lake City might just be the last place where the old Seattle is still at least on life support. But the themes are universal and universally tragicomic: if you don't see yourself in all the pathos somewhere, you're not being honest. If you've read the author's "Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional Hedonism" you'll find yourself right at home. This book could have been called "Do comically self-centered and preternaturally pathetic Columbia Ph.D. candidates living off their wive's trust fund go to Hell?" And, as it happens, indeed they do. Lake City isn't exactly Danté's 7th Circle. It's more like looking into the abyss—and laughing your ass off. If you live in Seattle or have ever lived in Seattle this is a must-read for the local color alone. If you don't give a hoot about Seattle, you owe it to yourself to check this book outs solely on the merits. Go ahead, download the free sample. I was hooked after the first paragraph.
And funny as s---. As someone from the Bay Area, when I saw the buzz about this book and how it depicted the lost Seattle like the lost pre-dot com Bay Area, I was intrigued. Especially that it was going to be told through "a sad-sack antihero who takes way too long to grow up"- as one blurb had it, and had it right. This is a very important tale about the cultural transformations challenging the fabric of cities and communities. It is an essential story about inequality and privilege right now that hits the heart whether or not you live in San Francisco or Seattle or Vancouver or New York or rural Vermont or the Yukon. And what makes it so great is that at its heart its just a great tale about a really cool and sympathetic character who I'd love to drink a beer with.
I bought this novel on a lark because it's set in the gently marginal neighborhood in Seattle where I grew up. I was looking forward to spotting the familiar place names, and, yes, it was fun on that level. But "Lake City" delivered so much more. This is a funny, sad, powerful first novel that screams to be considered beyond the pigeonhole of the "Local Authors" section. Anyone who grew up on the not-quite-right side of the tracks will particularly love it.
As someone who commutes through Lake City for more than 40 years (between Kenmore and UW), I enjoyed remembering the many establishments and conditions in the town. Although the novel’s characters were not especially likable, the story was quite interesting and well written. Overall a good read.
Couldn’t put this book down! The author does an amazing job of describing the main character Lane, a cross between Lloyd Dobbler and Napoleon Dynamite. You both cheer and pity the protagonist as he tries to do the right thing to regain what he believes is his successful life in the big city which is actually quite flawed. A great take on class struggle and the choices we make and outcomes we have to live with!
Even if you didn’t grow up understanding the changes in Seattle over the years, this relevant and timely book may resonate, capturing the complexities change brings to cities. We are all players in this game, watching it unfold through witty and often funny narration. You will love and hate these characters all at once.
I enjoyed the details of LCW, the history and reading about it in the 90's. You end up rooting for Lane and his possibly misguided attempts at doing the right thing. Loved this book and couldn't put it down!
Kohnstamm offers a fresh and important new literary voice. Complex, original characters combined with an insightful, unflinching view of Seattle, and how capitalism has changed it's culture.
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