The Examined Life

Ave, Victor Hugo

By Joshua Glenn

Globe Staff / May 2, 2004

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ON MEMORIAL DAY a local landmark -- Vincent McCaffrey and Thais Coburn's used bookstore Avenue Victor Hugo, on upper Newbury Street since 1975 -- will be shuttered forever. Available free at the store's going-out-of-business sale (and at AvenueVictorHugo.com) are copies of "The Crepuscule: Twelve Reasons for the Death of Small and Independent Bookstores," McCaffrey's lyrical jeremiad blaming the death of ... (Full Article: 530 Words)