Must-Read Books by Will Hermes, Lydia Millet, and Stuart Nadler

This week: The legends that made New York music, a book of short stories that capture nothing less than life, and a man heads south in Lydia Millet’s novel.

Published Nov. 28 2011 10:10AM EST

To Be Young Was Very Heaven

A kid washes in from Jersey. He's weird-looking, with a not very urbane, sentimental aesthetic; he's backed by a neighborhood bar band.

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