Book Cellar Dubai: Bartleby, the Scrivener

You can’t really go wrong with a classic like Herman Melville’s quizzical short story. What exactly is going on here? Of course you could always take refuge in The New York Times summary of “a quintessential New York book” that is the tale of an “unclassifiable weirdo who is always on the verge of being crushed by an ever-expanding city ruled by profit and… the compassionate mensch who tries to come to his aid”.