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Updated: August 3, 2026

He would gallop back to the office with notes on these ideas, pant at Una in a controlled voice, "Quick your book got a' idea," and dictate the outline of such schemes as the Tranquillity Lunch Room a place of silence and expensive food; the Grand Arcade a ten-block-long rival to Broadway, all under glass; the Barber-Shop Syndicate, with engagement cards sent out every third week to notify customers that the time for a hair-cut had come again.

Sinclair Lewis - The Job: An American Novel