The Young Man Who Read Brilliant Books

The Young Man Who Read Brilliant BooksAt the state unemployment office this morning, David met a woman in line who told him, after giving him the thorough once-over and then deploring the long wait and interminable California rain, that she had five beautiful daughters at home from whom he could just about take his pick if he liked. "You seem that good-natured and sensitive to me," she said, "and just look at the way you read those brilliant books. And then, strange as this sounds...