Let's make this birthday one to remember.

61 years old (Born on February 19, 1964)

Happy Birthday, Jonathan Lethem! May your day be as delightfully quirky and genre-bending as "Gun, With Occasional Music." We hope you celebrate with fewer detective interrogations and more cake—though a talking kangaroo or two wouldn't hurt.

From the gritty streets of "Motherless Brooklyn" to the nostalgic magic of "The Fortress of Solitude," you've given us unforgettable characters and stories that defy categorization. Here's wishing you another year filled with literary adventures, plot twists worthy of your imagination, and perhaps even a futuristic noir-themed birthday bash. Keep writing brilliantly weird worlds—we'll keep happily getting lost in them!