I finally tracked down a copy of Minae Mizumura’s A True Novel, which is a retelling of WH in post WWII Japan, and all this talk about WH is helpful to fill in all the blanks that come with never having read WH.

Just got my UK copy from Blackwell’s so I don’t have to worry about any strange edits my people tried to make. The book is great so far! Congratulations

I encountered the same thing on a flight to Tampa. I had been planning to watch Netflix but I’m a rule follower so I read my book.

Mario Vargas Llosa telephoned me to order copies of El Pais when he taught in Washington.

Never seen a Herbert Clyde Lewis before.

Got one if you still need a copy.

I just acquired, after years of looking, a hardcover copy of The Photogtaph by Penelope Lively without the Today’s Book Club logo printed on the front. I feel your pain.

Thank you. I keep the hardcovers prominently on display and the paperbacks are tucked away elsewhere. It is my great shame that I do not have Mr Wilder and Me (read it as an ebook).

I apologize for not waiting for the American release and hurting your sales totals here.

And Peter Boyle should have played the role of William Jennings Bryan

I have to write mine tomorrow. How many words are in a bullet?

Got it the other day, but for Massachusetts, and immediately assumed the guys at the garage we parked at for the weekend took the car from NYC to Boston for nefarious reasons. Then I found out it was a scam.