Overnight to Many Different Cities

    kaleidoscopicallymesmerizing...powerfullyilluminating--villagevoicefromnewyorktotokyotocopenhagentotheradiantcityoflecorbusier,thissophisticatedandsurrealcollectionofshortstoriesandbriefvisionarytextstakesusonanexhilaratingtourofthemodernurban--andpsychological--landscape.alexandra,adesignerofartificialruins,createsaruinedwallwithclassicalcolumnsandanumberofbrokenurnsforaparkinarizona;ajournalistforamagazinecalledfolkssetsouttointerviewninepeoplewhohavebeenstruckbylightning;andaretiredmessmanstealsfifty-threemothballedshipsfromtheu.s.government.likeamastermagician,workingwithcontrolandillusion,barthelmebreaksallrules.manipulatinglanguagewithirony,humor,andimagination,hecapturestheessenceofourdisorientingtimes.dizzyingandenjoyable--publishersweeklyenticing...fleckedwithcharm,surprise,andchallenge--kirkusreviews