CONTENTS

1. TITLE PAGE
2. INTRODUCTION:
   THE RISK OF AN IMPOSSIBILITY
3. FLORENCE, 2010:
   THE BOOK THAT I ACTUALLY READ (BUT DID NOT PHOTOCOPY)
4. LONDON, 1824:
   ‘SCANDALOUS’ MEMOIRS
5. PARIS, 1922:
   MEMORY IS THE BEST CRITIC
6. POLAND, 1942:
   THE MESSIAH HAS ARRIVED IN SAMBOR
7. MOSCOW, 1852:
   A ‘DIVINE COMEDY’ OF THE STEPPES
8. BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1944:
   IT ISN’T EASY LIVING IN A CABIN
9. CATALONIA, 1940:
   A HEAVY BLACK SUITCASE
10. LONDON, 1963:
    I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I’VE A CALL
11. WORKS CITED
12. INDEX OF NAMES
13. ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
14. COPYRIGHT