“[They] said, ‘You’ll have to hide under a blanket in the back seat’ — which I did,” Paul Simon says in the new book, “Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland” by Ashley Kahn (Atria, Aug. 11). 6 Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ won a Grammy for Album of the Year and spent 10 months on the Billboard Top 20. The classic album, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, won a Grammy for Album of the Year and spent 10 months on the Billboard Top 20, making it the best-selling album of Simon’s career. 6 Musical guests Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo perform on “Saturday Night Live” on May 10, 1986. 6 Ashley Kahn’s new book considers Paul Simon’s “Graceland” album.