Bad Debts
by Peter Temple
MADE-UP
Peter Temple launched his career as a novelist (at age 50) with a very enticing sentence, introducing one "Edward Dollery, age forty-seven, defrocked accountant, big spender, and dishonest person." Th... (Tom)
Recollections of My Nonexistence
by Rebecca Solnit
TRUE
Rebecca Solnit is one of the best sociopolitical writers we have (she's the coiner of the term "mansplaining") but I like to imagine a better world in which she doesn't feel obligated to take on tyran... (James)
Short Life in a Strange World: Birth to Death in 42 Panels
by Toby Ferris
TRUE
A 42-year-old writer looks at his young sons, considers the recent death of his 84-year-old father, and tries to make sense of it all in the only natural way: by undertaking a round-the-world quest to... (James)
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