Year of the Monkey

Riveting, elegant, and humorous,*New York Times*bestseller*Year of the Monkey*is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.
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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, in which she debates intellectual grifters and spars with the likes of a postmodern Cheshi...