The New Kings of Nonfiction
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Published: October 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781594482670
Subjects: General; Social Science / Essays; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; 21st century; American essays; American prose literature; Reportage literature, American
Description: An anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling, personally chosen and introduced by Ira Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life. These pieces-on teenage white collar criminals, buying a cow, Saddam Hussein, drunken British soccer culture, and how we know everyone in our Rolodex-are meant to mesmerize and inspire. --From publisher description.