“Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel traces the existential crisis of an international backgammon hustler who thinks he’s psychic and who, while plying his trade in Berlin, discovers a rare kind of tumor growing behind his face. His search for a physical cure, seemingly at odds with his spiritual quest for identity, takes him to California, where he becomes embroiled in conspiratorial circumstances which become increasingly indistinguishable from his growing inner turmoil.”

pt2 @ http://auticulture.com/liminalist-78-5-termite-elephant-unknown-face-jonathan-lethem/