Preface

Clay Felker

Acknowledgments

Introduction

George E. Curry

Contributors

``Nick Nolte is Racing the Clock to Repair the Damage''

Daniel Voll

David Granger

``The Ring Leader''

Frank Deford

Bill Colson

``No One Knows What Could be Happening to Those Kids''

Skip Hollandsworth

Gregory Curtis

``The Demon in the Freezer''

Richard Preston

David Remnick

``Clock of Ages''

Brian Hayes

Peter G. Brown

``Digibabble, Fairy Dust, and the Human Anthill''

Tom Wolfe

Michael S. Malone

``The Barber's Unhappiness''

George Saunders

David Remnick

``Dominion''

Robert Stone

David Remnick

``The Third and Final Continent''

Jhumpa Lahiri

David Remnick

``Moment of Truth''

Gary Smith

Bill Colon

``Madness Visible''

Janine di Giovanni

Graydon Carter

``The Forensics of War''

Sebastian Junger

Graydon Carter

``And the Leni Riefenstahl Award for Rabid Nationalism Goes to...,'' and ``The Last Great Movie of the Century''

Tom Carson

David Granger

``The Man in the Mirror: The enduring confessions and unmatched hedonism of Andre Gide,'' and ``Waugh in Pieces: Cruelty and compassion mingle in the short stories of a master''

Anthony Lane

David Remnick

``The Rape of Dinah: Human Rights, Civil War in Liberia, and Evil Triumphant''

Kenneth L. Cain

Bert B. Lockwood

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