History, in the end, is only another kind of story, and stories are different from the truth. The truth is messy and chaotic and all over the place. Often it just doesn't make sense. Stories make things make sense, but the way they do that is to leave out anything that doesn't fit. And often that is quite a lot.


Skippy Dies: A Novel (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010) - ISBN: 9781429929950


History, in the end, is only another kind of story, and stories are different from the truth. The truth is messy and chaotic and all over the place....

History, in the end, is only another kind of story, and stories are different from the truth. The truth is messy and chaotic and all over the place....

History, in the end, is only another kind of story, and stories are different from the truth. The truth is messy and chaotic and all over the place....

History, in the end, is only another kind of story, and stories are different from the truth. The truth is messy and chaotic and all over the place....