"These pieces appeared between 2009 and 2013 in the 'Believer' magazine."--Title page verso.
Summary
"This volume collects the finest essays from the second half of the Believer's decade-long (and counting) run"--Amazon.com.
Contents
Introduction / by Ed Park -- The disappearance of Ford Beckman / by Michael Paul Mason -- The end of the story / by Zach Baron -- Travels with my ex / by Susan Straight -- Sweatpants in Paradise / by Molly Young -- A glimpse of unplumbed depths / by Annie Julia Wyman -- The death of a civil servant / by Lev Grossman -- Absent things as if they are present / by Jeannie Vanasco -- Virginia Mountain scream queen / by Rebecca Taylor -- Dark family / by Sara Gran and Megan Abbott -- Watching 'Shrek' in Tehran / by Brian T. Edwards -- If he hollers let him go / by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah -- Mithradates of Fond du Lac / by Kent Russell -- But never a lovely so real / by Colin Asher -- How to scrutinize a beaver / by Rachel Poliquin -- The unresilient / by Francisco Goldman -- How to explore like a real Victorian adventurer / by Monte Reel -- The immortal horizon / by Leslie Jamison -- The fickle need of fate / by Paul Collins -- My patron / by Nick Hornby.
