By: Joshua Glenn

People Minus X (1958), by Raymond Z. Gallun.

By: Joshua Glenn

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

By: Peggy Nelson

Earn the second HiLobrow merit badge: Pipe Dreams.

By: Joshua Glenn

Ed Gentry’s white tennis shoes — from Deliverance.

By: HILOBROW

Where’s Cocky? He’s aestivating.

By: Joshua Glenn

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