What book would you take out to dinner?

For the New York Times, Leanne Shapton asked a dozen authors to share their ideal dining companions. (Thanks, Kathryn, for the link.)

Me, I’d treat Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? to La Lunchonette and a musical. It eats brains and knows all the lyrics.

2 responses to “novel as plus-one”

  1. 03.12.2009 @ 3:06 am diane says:

    I’d like to have dinner with Jay Gatsby where he wears one of those lavendar shirts and white suits and wing-tips and while his hair isn’t blond, it’s casual and a lock of it falls forward almost over one eye. And it’s very disingenuous.

  2. 03.14.2009 @ 11:14 am gwen says:

    Mm, I want Unaccustomed Earth to insist on taking me to its mother-in-law’s house for homemade naan and chana masala. We could sit together in the corner and whisper about the other guests.

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