One hundred and fourteen essays, subjects include: satire, the novel, Norman Mailer, Paul Bowles, prettiness, Italo Calvino, Paul Bowles, pieces on Abraham Lincoln, 'Ronnie and Nancy', patriotism, monotheism and its discontents: the second half of the 20th century covered; 1,295pp., including index.
![Wake for Susan [and] A Drowning Incident by McCarthy, C.J.](/images/books/cover/55536_202522315400_cormac_mccarthy_x_2.jpg "Wake for Susan [and] A Drowning Incident by McCarthy, C.J.")
