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I have in my possession the secret printout of the sales figures... 628 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:55,045 ...of a bookstore so inconsequential, yet full of its own virtue... 629 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:58,965 ...that I had to rush over for fear it will put me out of business. 630 00:37:01,969 --> 00:37:03,845 What? What? 631 00:37:04,013 --> 00:37:06,389 Hey. How you doing? Frank Navasky. 632 00:37:07,183 --> 00:37:08,725 Joe Fox. 633 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,311 -Joe Fox? -F-O-X. 634 00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:14,147 The inventor of the superstore. Of course. 635 00:37:14,398 --> 00:37:16,233 The enemy of the mid-list novel. 636 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:17,734 The destroyer of City Books. 637 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:20,570 Tell me something, really. How do you sleep at night? 638 00:37:20,863 --> 00:37:23,865 I use a wonderful over-the-counter drug: 639 00:37:24,116 --> 00:37:25,408 Ultra-dorm. 640 00:37:25,618 --> 00:37:27,285 Don't take the whole thing, just half. 641 00:37:27,453 --> 00:37:29,579 You'll wake up without even the tiniest hangover. 642 00:37:30,289 --> 00:37:32,290 -You're Frank Navasky, aren't you? -Yes. Leaving. 643 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:34,417 PATRICIA: Your last piece in the Observer... 644 00:37:34,669 --> 00:37:37,212 ...about Anthony Powell was brilliant. 645 00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:40,173 -Really? -Brilliant. Yes. 646 00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:42,008 I'm Patricia Eden. 647 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:43,927 Hi. Eden Books. 648 00:37:44,136 --> 00:37:47,222 Joe, this man is the greatest living expert... 649 00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:48,932 ...on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. 650 00:37:49,141 --> 00:37:50,517 FRANK: You really liked my--? 651 00:37:50,726 --> 00:37:52,185 This is Kathleen Kelly. 652 00:37:52,395 --> 00:37:55,814 My piece? I just-- You know? I'm flattered. 653 00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:58,400 You write these things. You think somebody'll mention them. 654 00:37:58,567 --> 00:38:00,819 A week goes by, the phone doesn't ring and you think: 655 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:03,488 "I'm a fraud. I'm a failure or something." 656 00:38:03,739 --> 00:38:06,616 You know what fascinated me about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? 657 00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:10,245 Is how old they looked, when they were really just our age. 658 00:38:11,747 --> 00:38:12,789 You know? 659 00:38:13,332 --> 00:38:15,959 Oh, wow, I'm so happy to have finally met you. 660 00:38:16,919 --> 00:38:19,296 We will talk. Have you ever thought about doing a book? 661 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:21,715 It's crossed my mind, something relevant for today... 662 00:38:21,924 --> 00:38:24,843 ...like the Luddite movement in 19th century England. We should talk. 663 00:38:25,011 --> 00:38:26,136 Call me. 664 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:28,722 JOE: Hon, have you ever had a caviar garnish? 665 00:38:34,854 --> 00:38:38,440 I had no idea Frank Navasky... 666 00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:40,692 ...was going to be so down-to-earth. 667 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:42,986 You read his stuff... 668 00:38:43,237 --> 00:38:45,947 ...you think he's going to be so obscure and abstruse. 669 00:38:46,198 --> 00:38:49,034 He's always talking about Heidegger... 670 00:38:49,285 --> 00:38:50,660 ...and Foucault. 671 00:38:50,911 --> 00:38:54,164 And I have no idea what any of it's about, really. 672 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,754 [PATRICIA GROANS] 673 00:39:00,921 --> 00:39:03,048 JOE: I'm not tired. I'm not. 674 00:39:03,215 --> 00:39:05,300 [PATRICIA SNORING] 675 00:39:13,225 --> 00:39:15,226 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 676 00:39:18,606 --> 00:39:22,609 JOE: Do you ever feel you've become the worst version of yourself? 677 00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:30,367 That a Pandora's box of all the secret, hateful parts... 678 00:39:30,618 --> 00:39:32,786 ...your arrogance, your spite... 679 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:34,371 ...your condescension... 680 00:39:34,622 --> 00:39:36,331 ...has sprung open? 681 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:39,167 Someone provokes you, and instead of smiling... 682 00:39:39,418 --> 00:39:42,295 ...and moving on, you zing them? 683 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:45,048 "Hello, it's Mr. Nasty." 684 00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:49,302 I'm sure you have no idea what I'm talking about. 685 00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:53,056 KATHLEEN: No, I know what you mean, and I'm completely jealous. 686 00:39:55,142 --> 00:39:59,604 What happens to me when I'm provoked is that I get tongue-tied. My mind goes-- 687 00:40:00,022 --> 00:40:01,106 Blank. 688 00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:06,403 Then I spend all night tossing and turning... 689 00:40:06,654 --> 00:40:09,114 ...trying to figure out what I should've said. 690 00:40:12,785 --> 00:40:14,744 What should I have said, for example, to the.... 691 00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:18,581 Bottom-dweller... 692 00:40:20,334 --> 00:40:23,962 ...who recently belittled my existence? 693 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,514 Nothing. 694 00:40:35,182 --> 00:40:36,558 Nothing. Even now. 695 00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:37,892 Even now-- 696 00:40:38,060 --> 00:40:39,102 Days later...