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LIFE IN THE BIG CITY A former editor at the Paris Review, Elizabeth Gaffney, reads from and signs her first novel, “Metropolis” (Random House), set in post-Civil War New York City. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Borders Books Park Avenue, 461 Park Ave. at 57th Street, 212-980-6785, free.
SPANISH SUMMER Rebecca Pawel reads from and signs her mystery novel “The Summer Snow” (Soho Press), set in Granada in 1945. The plot follows a lieutenant investigating the murder of his aunt, a wealthy woman who frequently summoned the police to her home sure that communists were plotting against her. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave. at 6th Street, Brooklyn, 718-832-9066, free.
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