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The premise is deceptively simple: A walker armed with pencil and pad jots down what he overhears or glimpses in ads, billboards, and newspaper headlines. The first part of the book combines itineraries in Madrid, Paris, and London, whereas the much shorter second part details his stroll up Manhattan from the Bowery to Edgar Allan Poe's home in the Bronx, ending with a flight back to Spain. This combination memoir, essay, travelogue, and work of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More