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Jonathan Lethem Reviews Wilfrid Sheed's Office Politics

Original: Jonathan Lethem, reviewing "Office Politics" by an author named Wilfrid Sheed in the current New York Review of Books. T

Jonathan Lethem has written a review of Wilfrid Sheed's novel "Office Politics" in the current issue of the New York Review of Books. Readers are highlighting the review's striking opening sentence, in which Lethem recalls his friend Michael Seidenberg, the bon vivant bookseller who ran Brazenhead Books. Beyond the essay itself, the memorable first line is drawing attention and being quoted.

Why now: Readers are sharing and admiring the review's striking opening sentence and Lethem's portrait of a beloved bookseller.

Jonathan LethemWilfrid SheedNew York Review of BooksBrazenhead BooksMichael Seidenberg

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• Jonathan Lethem, reviewing "Office Politics" by an author named Wilfrid Sheed in the current New York Review of Books. The review itself is interesting, but his first sentence is awesome. "My friend the bon vivant bookseller Michael Seidenberg of Brazenhead Books, which he ran… · quadrivial@beige.party · 5

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