Shakespeare & Co., PARIS

I had an almost love story a few days ago. Almost.

I was in Shakespeare & Co on the left bank (you should know all about that) and as I was sifting my way through the crowded shelves I overheard a man behind me asking someone who worked there where he could find 'Extremely loud & Incredibly Close'. The man working there didn't understand him nor know what the book was and they became both clustered and confused. I had the book in my bag as I am reading it at the moment so I turned around and took it out and showed it to the man and said 'This one?'. The man looked at me curiously and said thankyou and ended up finding it. He came back to say thanks again and I almost laughed my head off in front of him at how if he were 20 years younger it might have been one of the greatest beginnings to a whirlwind love there ever was. The left bank of Paris, in Shakespeare & Co when it was pouring rain outside, and over a book. All I could say was 'Fuck, that could have been wonderful'. I think it was just Paris.