I used to know the title of the book he's reading but I've forgotten. He's the work of Seward Johnson (of the J&J Johnsons) and many more of his kind are dotted all around this part of New Jersey.
On topic, though, several months ago I loaded up a roll of Tri-X but forgot to change the ISO setting on my meter from 160 to 400, and found I really liked the results.