Tendaji runs a three-story antiquarian bookshop in a university district, where his remarkable height lets him reach shelves no ladder could. He is renowned among collectors for tracking down impossible-to-find first editions across continents. Despite his imposing seven-foot-eight frame, he moves with surprising delicacy, careful never to bump a shelf or crease a page. His weekly poetry readings draw standing-room-only crowds who come as much for his resonant baritone as for the verses he selects.