Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody

"Subtle . . . The unwary reader never knows what Frazier is up to until he's hooked."—The Boston Globe

"Wickedly funny . . . [A] rare combination of humor and empathy . . . More eloquent in their directness than poetry."—The New York Times

"Five extraordinary tales profiling people and events in the coolest, clearest, most wittily perceptive prose you'll find anywhere these days."—Forbes

"Clear and thoughtful—with a fillip of the outlandish. This is the stimulating, ardent writing that one always hopes for and rarely finds."—Houston Chronicle

"Astonishing . . . The reader winds up laughing and knowing a great deal."—Time

"He's one of the funniest, most facile writers working today, and the five long pieces in this new collection prove it."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch