American Genius, A Comedy no-tag and turned his back on

and turned his back on soldiering for a simple life with the woman he loves

Doug Moench

If you want to understand the Beatles

incomparably rich in ambition

Only a very few people through history have realized that the words are a riddle

American Genius, A Comedy no-tag and turned his back onA former historian is spending time in a residential home but is it an artist's retreat, a sanatorium, or a mental institute? In hypnotic and digressive prose, Tillman's narrator spins tales of her life while ruminating on her many and varied preoccupations: chair design, the Manson family, the Zulu alphabet, the death of a pet, family trauma, loneliness and above all, skin and the meaning of 'sensitivity' in contemporary society. Meanwhile, these