Christopher Bollen’s new book Lightning People is officially on our reading list. Yes, because it’s receiving such wonderful reviews and it’s so difficult to write a “good 9/11 book,” but also because Bollen seems incredibly badass. He says things like “I wanted…to reflect New York as it is, not some fantasy glossy version filled with endless shopping excursions, Champagne brunches, and the worst thing that could happen is sometimes you fall in love and you shed a few tears. To me, this immensely popular, utterly delusional version of New York is the real science fiction today. New York is hard, mean, ruthless and sometimes desperate, and the worst thing that could happen is you might become a demon.” Shhh. Don’t tell the fashion people. They’re still high from NYFW.
