Bookquest: Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
Golden Gate is a story about San Francisco yuppies in love. It is written entirely in verse. Gore Vidal called it "the great California novel."
I picked it up at City Lights Bookstore. City Lights had its heyday in the 60s and 70s, publishing counterculture writers. That legacy remains: for example, the store has more books devoted to "Western Spiritual Traditions" than to Judaism and Christianity combined.
My favorite part of the store: a building across the street had Banksy art with the quote, "If at first you don't succeed - call an airstrike." Heh.
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