Tom Bissell, Author . Pantheon $24.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-375-42130-3
Bissell's first journey to the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1996 was cut short by heartache and illness. Memories of that failure dog his return in 2001 to write about the rapidly deteriorating ecosystem of...
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Tom Bissell, Author . Pantheon $20 (224p) ISBN 978-0-375-42264-5
In this sharp, hip collection of stories, Bissell fictionalizes his experiences in Central Asia, which were first aired in his nonfiction debut Chasing the Sea
. Bissell has a predilection for school-of-Eggers deadpan irony and pop culture...
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Tom Bissell, Author . Pantheon $25 (407p) ISBN 978-0-375-42265-2
In his fourth book, journalist and fiction writer Bissell (Chasing the Sea
) revisits the much-trodden territory of the Vietnam War to offer a fresh perspective: that of the adult children of the war's veterans. On assignment for GQ
magazine,...
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Tom Bissell, Author . Pantheon $22.95 (218p) ISBN 978-0-307-37870-5
Grand Theft Auto IV is both a waste of time and "the most colossal creative achievement of the last 25 years," according to this scintillating meditation on the promise and discontents of video games. Journalist Bissell (Chasing the Sea) should know;
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Tom Bissell. McSweeney’s Believer, $14 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-936365-76-0
In essays spanning a decade, many previously published in Harper’s and the Believer, Bissell (Extra Lives) peels back the layers of what it means to create and the toll creation often takes on its practitioners. While writers and writing are by no...
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Tom Bissell. Pantheon, $28.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-375-42466-3
Bissell (The Disaster Artist) journeyed to the tombs of the apostles, finding some sticky with kisses and others bone-barren. His account of his travels is an excellent cornucopia of history, exegesis, travelogue, biography, analysis, corrective,...
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Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, read by Greg Sestero. Tantor Audio, 10 CDs, 11.5 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-4945-0152-5
Actor Sestero's rich memoir recounts the making of The Room, a film starring the authors that is widely considered one of the worst ever made. The actor describes how he became involved with the film and Tommy Wiseau, its eccentric producer, writer,
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Tom Bissell. Vintage, $16.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-525-43394-1
Fiction writer Bissell (Apostle) has compiled a series of his essays, ranging from brilliant to merely good, that were published between 2000 and 2016 in places such as Harper’s, the Boston Review, and the New Yorker. What draws them together,...
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Tom Bissell. Pantheon, $25.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-5247-4915-6
The seven stories in Bissell’s droll, thoughtful collection (after the travelogue Apostle) portray artistic people in the midst of unfortunate circumstances, often due to their own actions. After a man confronts a Roman tour guide during a honeymoon
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