Richard Kreitner is a contributing writer at The Nation magazine. His work on politics, history, and literature has also appeared in Slate, The Baffler, and The Boston Globe. A lover of books and travel, he is the author of "The Obsessively-Detailed Map of American Literature's Most Epic Road Trip," featured in Atlas Obscura in 2015. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
"Booked provides full-color photographs of 80 famous literary
locations, including To Kill a Mockingbird's courthouse in
Monroeville, Ala.; the inspiration for Pride and Prejudice's
Pemberley; and Memoirs of a Geisha's Kyoto Bridge."--Publishers
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"[Booked] will whet your appetite to visit the places you have read
about. With color photos and engaging descriptions of Sinclair
Lewis' Main Street, Jame Joyce's Dublin, Basho's Japan and scores
of other places, Booked will inspire you to put down your book and
head into the world."--The Star Tribune
"For some readers, the printed page isn't enough. With this book,
they can continue the story by going to the source, whether than
means Forks, Washington (Twilight), Segovia, Spain (For Whom the
Bell Tolls) or London (White Teeth)."--The Washington Post, 2019
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"If you like exploring real places related to literature, this book
is a good place to start."--GeekDad
"Literary sites to be added to any reader's itinerary, including
Thoreau's Massachusetts cabin, the Monroeville County Courthouse
where Atticus Finch made his case for the defense, and the Mexico
City cafe that inspired Robert Bolaño."--The New York Times, 2019
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