By: Joshua Glenn

The “sixth Beatle” is alive, and working as a semiotician in Brighton.

By: Joshua Glenn

You’ll be doing all right, with your Christmas of white.

By: Joshua Glenn

Skepticism, cynicism, irony, and contempt vs. the BIP

By: Joshua Glenn

Did Sid Vicious really invent this British dance move?

By: Sherri Wasserman

Mr. Norton’s custom-fit brogues, from Invisible Man.

By: Joshua Glenn

Mark Wahlberg’s penis, Sinatra as intellectual, cheerleaders.

By: Joshua Glenn

Is Sherlock a semionaut, or just a brilliant bigot?

By: Joshua Glenn

Pity the poor semio­naut, who “reads” the world phen­omeno­logically.

By: Patrick Cates

Marcus’s plain black loafers — from About a Boy.

By: Joshua Glenn

Alfred Lambert’s prehistoric golf shoes — from The Corrections.

By: Joshua Glenn

Moldorf’s patent-leather shoes — from Tropic of Cancer.

By: Joshua Glenn

Tom Joad’s “army last” shoes — from The Grapes of Wrath.

By: Joshua Glenn

Ignatius O’Reilly’s suede desert boots — from A Confederacy of Dunces.

By: Joshua Glenn

Ed Gentry’s white tennis shoes — from Deliverance.

By: Joshua Glenn

Chaplain Tappman’s rubber-soled shoes — from Catch-22.