Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry (Paperback)

from missmonkey

The blurbs on the back cover from Amy Sedaris and Dave Eggers were encouraging. Sedaris - whom I love - admits jealousy over the execution of this book. It's the same thing I feel when I wish I'd done something first. Well, rage and self-loathing for me, but I knew what she meant. Reading through...

from rolhirst

Leanne Shapton's book, the full title of which I've written once and will not do so again, has a wonderful concept. It's a catalogue of lots for an auction held on Saturday the 14th of February, 2009 (there's a clue) at a New York auction house. Each of the items on sale, few of which would have ...

from StaffReads

What at first glance looks like an auction catalog of bits and pieces of a person's life in essence tracks an intimate relationship from beginning to end over the course of several years. A clever and striking format that has a way of feeling very poignant and very familiar. Unforgettable. SRH

from kristenn

I was instantly in love with the concept behind this. And it was more more complex than her earlier book, which I also really enjoyed. Overall, really well executed. They seemed like the sort of people who really would end up together, and really wouldn't work out. (I did keep wondering whether t...

from lauriebrown54

The title is very nearly as long as the book; at 129 pages the volume barely makes it to book length. It's constructed uniquely: it's an auction catalog for the possessions of a couple, Lenore and Harold. She's in her 20s, he's in his 30s. They are hipsters who dress in vintage clothing and use p...