“Telegraph Avenue” by Michael Chabon pictures a David-and-Goliath battle between a vinyl record shop and a proposed mall in California.
Books Of The Times: ‘telegraph Avenue’ By Michael Chabon
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, New York Times
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