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| Author | Jonathan Lethem |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 2007 (Doubleday) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 240 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-51218-3 |
| Preceded by | How We Got Insipid |
| Followed by | Chronic City |
You Don't Love Me Yet (2007) is a comic novel about alternative music from Jonathan Lethem, set in modern Los Angeles.
The novel takes its title from two (otherwise unconnected) songs of the same title by Roky Erickson and The Vulgar Boatmen. The original title was Monster Eyes, but Lethem was convinced to change it by his publisher. He later admitted to an interviewer that the association with the two songs "made it feel very lucky to me to put it on the book," and that even though the new title "isn’t my phrase, for a book about appropriated language and the way things can be repurposed, it seemed okay. And, it’s a beautifully passive-aggressive title."[1]
- ^ Bahn, Christopher (2007-04-05). "Interview: Jonathan Lethem". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2020-09-01.