Basic transportation qualities aside, what is it that keeps you coming back to the subway? The sales? (Dollar batteries!) The science? (H2O or [NH2]2CO?) The mystery? (L’eau d’who?)

Or is it the possibility of a chance encounter? Perhaps like that of Maynard Gogarty and Jennica Green, the titular characters of first-time author/once-upon-a-time lawyer Rudolph Delson’s new book?

Maynard & Jennica is quite cute and romantic: Eccentric, artsy Manhattanite meets ambitious, neurotic California transplant. Quirky, modern, only-in-New-York type love and antics ensure.

But it won’t you make you sick: As told by 35 narrators (dead, alive, family, friend, charlatan, rapper, macaw, etc.), the story is unpredictable; the characters, charming and complex.

Aside from great live music (mariachi, olé!), Delson’s debut is the latest thing that could leave you wanting more time underground:

A good little book.

Available online at amazon.com or at your local bookstore.