Raised in San Francisco and living in New York and Los Angeles, Raymond has triangulated himself into the epicenter of elite American culture. A fan of cinema and theater who frequents neither, Raymond rides the dull edge of consumer culture, hoping to repay his debt to society as well as Sallie Mae.
I am old enough to remember when the default method of purchasing a book was to go to a place called “bookstore.” Here in the Amazon Era, going to a bookstore feels…different.…