The Ask
by Sam Lipsyte | 
Lord Vishnu's Love Handles
by Will Clarke | 
The Extra Man
by Jonathan Ames | 
Polar
by T. R. Pearson | 
Titmuss Regained
by John Mortimer | 
Raney
by Clyde Edgerton | 
The Dog of the South
by Charles Portis | 
Gringos
by Charles Portis | 
Hunting Unicorns
by Bella Pollen | 
Hanging Up
by Delia Ephron | 
The Sound of Trumpets
by John Mortimer |
The Scheme for Full Employment
by Magnus Mills | 
Pigeon Pie
by Nancy Mitford | 
Masters of Atlantis
by Charles Portis | 
The Best Awful
by Carrie Fisher | 
The Tetherballs of Bougainville
by Mark Leyner | 
My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist
by Mark Leyner | 
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett | 
Straight Man
by Richard Russo | 
Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids
by Rob Elliott |
Ex-marine and troubadour Norwood Pratt gets involved in a wild journey that takes him in and out of stolen cars, freight trains, and buses. As with all of Portis's fiction (including "True Grit"), the tone is cool, sympathetic, funny, and undeniability American.