In the hands of New Yorker editor Ben Greenman, “Please Step Back” is a highly literary, wildly entertaining rock ‘n’ roll novel featuring some of the most deft and absorbing writing about music to appear in American fiction. For more information, contact Clara Heyworth, at 718-722-9204 or ch@mhpbooks.com. 7:30 p.m. at the Powell’s on Hawthorne.