not your everyday dumpster-diving find

The reason I feel anxious when I dump off my papers in the paper recycling dumpster is because people like me will see interesting items and pull them out--as I did, yesterday. I was attracted by the fancy handwriting. The book in which it had been inscribed was falling apart, but I grabbed the first few pages to situate the dedication.



It might have been hard to decipher the name of the person who was making the inscription if it didn't happen to be ... the author of the novel!



Although he was...