New Arrival Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids Selected as Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, i paper, Metro and Harper’s Bazaar’Magical’ GUARDIAN ‘A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence – expressed with Smith’s signature poetic flair’ VOGUE ‘Extraordinary … A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream’ Sunday Times’A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith’s third memoir’ BBC ‘Her willingness to look closely at life’s closing chapters makes for a magical book’ WASHINGTON POST, ‘The 10 books to read in September’Following a run of New Year’s concerts at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland, with no design yet heeding signs, including a talking sign that looms above her, prodding and sparring lik