The other two books in his New York Trilogy (Ghosts and The Locked Room) do a similar job of deconstructing the genre in different, similarly mindbending ways.

The other two books in his New York Trilogy (Ghosts and The Locked Room) do a similar job of deconstructing the genre in different, similarly mindbending ways. As an aside, I've never seen anyone do a better job of describing the very specific feeling of long walks in Manhattan. I recommend it to anyone who doesn't understand the joy I find there.