He named his six favorite books for The Week magazine, including:
Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoRead about another book on the list.
A masterpiece of the first order. The book is a long epic poem, a glittering tour de force, an extinct volcano that comes roaring back to explosive life, a code of conduct into the mind’s interior realms, a delight and a paradox.
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--Marshal Zeringue