I’ve been a fan of James Lileks for years, although I’ve rarely read any of his newspaper stuff. His daily personal blog, The Bleat is appointment reading (especially now that he has the RSS feed working) and I loved his podcast The Diner(currently on hiatus). Lileks is best described as an archaeologist of recent public culture with his loving of the ephemera of the early-mid 1900s. He has pages dedicated to old postcards or matchbooks. He gives an amusing and interesting look at our recent past that many people simply ignore. So, when Lileks announced that he was writing a mystery trilogy, I was interested. The first book in that trilogy is now available and I loved Graveyard Special. Let’s see what it’s about.