The subtitle of Art Garfunkel's new memoir is "Notes From an Underground Man," an echo of Dostoyevsky's "Notes From Underground" and Richard Wright's story "The Man Who Lived Underground" - both serious works of literature. Garfunkel's book, however, is a splattering of 30-plus years of handwritten thoughts, lists, travel notes, bad poetry, confessions, snarky digs, platitudes and prayers gussied up for publication in different fonts and sizes.
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