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Arbitrary Stupid Goal
by Tamara Shopsin
Blew through this, which is unusual for me. It is enjoyable and light-hearted. Paints a picture, and makes highly judicious use of actual pictures (often with little commentary - as the picture of laundry hanging from the 1900s on the flip side of a page describing a threatening encounter with a new neighbour who insisted laundry was illegal to hang in the 'historical neighbourhood'). The author also uses blank space in a way that makes me think of prose poetry, for emphasis and to drive the story along. This is a piece about characters and a (long) period in time; don't expect too much depth, outside of Willy, or critique. I wish I had got to eat at The Store; though I'm not sure I would have made it as one of the good ones, I am sure I wouldn't have thrown Caesar salad all over the place!