Jack fights a crazy super who insists he’s an under cover spy. Jack Hitt is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, and the public radio program, This American Life. He is the author of “Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route into Spain”. He is currently at work on a book entitled, “Bunch of Amateurs: In Search of the American Character”.
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