Well now, do you know what I discovered tonight? Marks &
Co closed down in 1970 and 84
Charing Cross Road is now occupied by a branch of
McDonald’s. Is that an example of sub-sublime irony, or merely Dame Fortune
displaying a notable lack of good taste?
Sunday 14 January 2018
Sliding Down the Taste Scale.
84 Charing Cross Road is one of my favourite films. It tells
the story of the friendship that developed between Helen Hanff, a New York bibliophile, and Frank Doel, the chief buyer for
Marks & Co which was an antiquarian book dealer based at the eponymous
address in London.
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