Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
I’m always a complete sucker for Chabon’s dry wit and this one even features a man who is constantly smitten with a new hat. Oh, a man after my own heart. It took me a little while to get into. Since it’s such a short novel that meant that by the time I was into it, I was about out of it.
Alas, perhaps if Chabon had gone with his original title of “Jews with Swords” I would have picked it up sooner.