The autograph man /
Zadie Smith.
- London : Penguin, 2003.
- 419 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 2002. Text and ill. on inside cover.
Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. A small blip in a huge worldwide network of desire. It is his business to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them, occasionally fake them, and all to give people what they want - a little piece of fame.