Contents
COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
PRAISE
DEDICATION
A WORD ABOUT THIS BOOK
MY FATHER’S BRAIN
IMPERIAL BEDROOM
WHY BOTHER?
LOST IN THE MAIL
ERIKA IMPORTS
SIFTING THE ASHES
THE READER IN EXILE
FIRST CITY
SCAVENGING
CONTROL UNITS
MR. DIFFICULT
BOOKS IN BED
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
INAUGURATION DAY, JANUARY 2001
KEEP READING
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ALSO BY JONATHAN FRANZEN
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER