A Story so Good, You Keep It in Your Pocket

The joys of a small book

There’s a book I need to get back to. It’s Justin Kaplan’s Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain. The book is great, but the copy I have is a hardback reprint that’s too big for my carry-on. When I packed for my trip to the U.S., I left the book waiting on my nightstand and took something smaller, Lara Pawson’s Spent Light, a slim paperback that slides easily into…