Rumaan Alam Moved to New York With a Bottle of Acqua di Giò and $300The novelist on his early years scrimping in New York, even after getting a job at Condé Nast.
How’d you pick your outfit? I underpacked like crazy. I didn’t even have a tie or dress shoes. My roommate was really cool; he let me borrow a tie, but I still had to wear my green Sambas.