B-Sides Editions presents a Book Launch Party for Watching the Detective by Deborah Shapiro.

“A spellbinding dive into the mysterious and enduring pull of Columbo, Watching the Detective turns the tables and investigates the man himself. Rewatching every episode, piecing together clues, Deborah Shapiro explores the now-lost world of 1970s LA, lets us see the props, the paint on the cars (and yes, the wardrobe), all to summon the ghosts of a shared past that, under her gaze, almost acquires the texture of myth. The book is a moving meditation on the haunting power of moving images. Part memoir, part time capsule, it defies categorization in the best possible way.” —Camille Bordas, author of The Material

Deborah Shapiro is the author of the novels The Sun in Your Eyes (2016, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice), The Summer Demands (2019), and Consolation (2022). Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Sight Unseen, Chicago Magazine, Literary Hub, Washington Square Review, and elsewhere. She lives with her family in Chicago. 

6pm book launch / 9pm live jazz / no cover