Gee, That Was Fun: 7 Days of Mayhem, 1983

WInner, Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award, 2024.

An air conditioner falls from a New York City apartment window onto a woman's head. Two dozen people contract botulism after eating patty melt sandwiches at a shopping mall restaurant in Peoria, Illinois. A Vermont attorney sues to control medical decisions for a disabled New York infant. Ronald Reagan wears a robe and slippers to match the interior design of his White House residence. U.S. senators debate the meaning of the word "false." A body...