I found one (1), fairly well-hidden, copy last week at a Border’s in suburban Chicagoland, priced $30 including sales tax, while I could order it for $18 from Amazon, including free 2-day shipping (I am an Amazon Prime member).

So I sampled a few random pages, decided the book was going to be a good read if nothing else, and ordered it at Amazon. I would have ordered the eBook at Mobopocket.com, but Mrs. Former Belgian doesn’t “do” ebooks and I would like her to read it as well.

For people who know what they are looking for and can deal with a 2-day delay, brick-and-mortar bookstores are starting to become pointless.

BTW, at the same Borders, a clerk once saw me reading Thomas Sowell’s “Black rednecks and white liberals” and demonstratively made faces and rolled her eyes at me. I then equally demonstratively walked to the register and bought it.