Paterniti, Michael

A wide variety of places and people are given Paterniti's trademark scrutiny here, and the resulting essays are illuminating and pleasantly verbose. Because it is a collection of writing from popular press, this should have broad appeal. In particular, those who remain in unplanned withdrawal from David Foster Wallace's nonfiction should give this book a shot.

Fascinating in sections, flawed in others. This book is recommended for libraries where offbeat and unconventional memoirs are popular.