Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody

Nobody Better, Better Than Nobodyis a collection of five extended essays that appeared inThe New Yorkerfrom 1978 to 1986. In the tradition of A. J. Liebling and Joseph Mitchell, Frazier raises journalism to high literary art. His vivid stories showcase a strange and wonderful parade of American life, from portraits of Heloise, the syndicated household-hints columnist, and Jim Deren, the urban fly-fisher's guru, to small-town residents in western Kansas preparing to celebrate a historic, mutual massacre, to which they invite the Cheyenne Indians' descendants with the promise of free bowling.Frazier, Ian is the author of 'Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody' with ISBN 9780312422851 and ISBN 0312422857.