" A] stunning new memoir... thick with contemplation, packed with ideas and images rendered in exacting, evocative prose.... Brave and startlingly beautiful." --Time Out New York "Truthful, intelligent, and engrossing. This may become a generation's definitive account of books and the city." --Jeff Sharlet, New York Times bestselling author of The Family A loving and literate, honest and insightful look into the heart of that unsung...