Listen up all you rascals and reprobates, independent bookstore Bookshop Benicia is the latest brick and mortar to carry Román Leão’s blockbuster sci-fi novel, inside a broken clock. For the past 20 years, owner Christine has provided a great resource for books and author appearances in the Northeast Bay.

The move to carry the novel underlines the kind of dedication to local artists and interests that you just aren’t going to find online or at the big box stores. Bookshop Benicia is located at 636 First St., kitty-corner from the Old Capitol. Go there. Buy a book. It’s good for you. It’s good for America. You like America, right?