L.J. Davis' A Meaningful Life might be my favorite of all the NYRBs that I've read so far.  I started reading it on the suggestion of a friend and actually began reading it online at google books.  The book preview was about 70 pages and when I got to the end of those 70 pages I went out and bought the book.  It's actually the first NYRB purchase I made.  I really do reccommend it to anyone.  It's a breeze to get through.  I read the last ten pages waiting in american apparel for my girlfriend to finish shopping (as pictured).  You may remember this american apparel location from somewhere else.