Writers try to add quirkiness and flair to Metuchen’s Downtown
By Laurie Granieri
THE HOME NEWS TRIBUNE
When it comes to the Raconteur bookstore in Metuchen, size matters – and bigger isn’t necessarily better. Patrons can’t grab grande half-caf caramel lattes at the modest Main Street bookstore, tucked between Charming Nails and the Metuchen Savings Bank, but they can rent hard-to-find indie and foreign films, read Hunter Thompson’s obituary, flip through a massive Shakespeare tome perched on a lectern or bump into any number of quirky decorations, including masks from around the globe and a life size Indian statue made of masking tape.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
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