Book description
On any given day, millions of
Wall Street Journal
readers put aside the serious business and economic news of the day to
focus first on the paper's middle column (a. k.a. the A-hed), a virtual
sound-bubble for light literary fare -- a short story, a tall tale, an
old yarn, a series of vignettes, and other unexpected delights that seem
to "float off the page." In this first-ever compendium of
middle-column pieces, you'll find an eclectic selection of writings,
from the outlandish to the oddly enlightening. Read about:
one man's
attempt to translate the Bible into Klingon
sheep orthodontics, pet-freezing, and toad-smoking
being hip in Cairo, modeling at auto shows, piano-throwing
the fate of mail destined for the World Trade Center after 9/11
the plight of oiled otters in Prince William Sound
...and much, much more. Edited by 20-year Journal veteran Ken
Wells, and with a foreword by Liar's Poker author Michael
Lewis, Floating Off the Page is the perfect elixir for fans of
innovative prose in all its forms and function.
Editor and Publisher Magazine "The
Wall Street Journal doesn't usually seem synonymous with
humor" but this book "proves it too has a funny bone."
Michael Lewis is the author of Panic!, Liar's
Poker, The New New Thing, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Home
Game, among other works. He lives in Berkeley, California.
