I’ve been re-reading my favorite book, The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Alvaro Mutis, for the past few weeks. It is a collection of 7 novellas published as a single paperback by NYRB and, at 700 pages, left me wanting 700 more. Maqroll is an enigmatic sailor, with a passport from Cyprus and expired visas from ports all over the world, who is constantly entangled in one scheme or another to earn enough money to support himself. He is a surprisingly well-read and dreamy philosopher with an inspiring level of devotion. I can’t say enough about Maqroll or Mutis. It’s only owned by two libraries in SWAN, but it’s worth requesting. It’s a great book for the winter.