内容简介
Thisyear'sselectionincludesWilliamLangewiesche'sprobinginvestigationinVanityFairoftheslaughteroftwenty-fourIraqisinHaditha;C.J.Chivers'schillingaccountinEsquireofthe2004hostagecrisisinBeslan,whichkilled331people,186ofthemchildren;SusanCasey'srevelationinBestLifeofavirtuallyunknown,Texas-sizedgarbagedumprestingatthebottomofthePacificocean;andAndrewCorsello'sharrowingportraitinGQofRobertMugabe'smadruleandtwomen-awhitefarmerandafieryblackpriest-whostriveforforgivenessinsteadofhate.ThecollectionalsoincludesVanessaGrigoriadis'shilariousportraitoffashioniconKarlLagerfeldinNewYorkMagazine;ChristopherHitchens'sprofileofsurvivorsofAgentOrangeinVanityFair;SandraTsingLoh'scoverageofthestay-at-home-mommydebateintheAtlanticMonthly;PaulTheroux'sthoughtsonthedangersofanthropomorphismandourmisconceptionsaboutbirdsintheSmithsonian;JanetReitman'sunravelingofthemysteriesofScientologyinRollingStone;andtheworkofnineotherexceptionalwriters.