In “The Uptown Local,” Cory Leadbeater describes his years as the late writer’s assistant and companion. Yet the fond portrait reveals more about him than her.
Her first novel, “Ask Me Again,” follows a young woman from high school in New York City to an elite university, to her early adulthood among the political class in Washington, D.C.
Bibliophiles will find plenty of centuries-old tomes, graphic novels, modern works and more in this French city, which also happens to be this year’s UNESCO World Book Capital.