Description: With a wickedly witty touch, Elkin's essays takes readers on a tour of American life in the 20th century.
Brief description: Sam Lipsyte is the author of the story collections Venus Drive (named one of the top twenty-five books of its year by the Voice Literary Supplement) and The Fun Parts and three novels: The Ask, The Subject Steve, and Home Land, which was a New York Times Notable Book and received the first annual Believer Book Award. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.
Review Quotes: Weird and spirited . . . the constant running through Elkin's essays is the thrill they convey of a writer actually thinking--fresh--on the page.--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air