Jun 26th, 2008 · In his new book of essays, neurotic, death-fearing humorist David Sedaris visits a morgue, has a catheter inserted (just to see what it's like) and buys a skeleton as a gift. Reviewer John Freeman calls Engulfed in Flames "always funny, occasionally bittersweet."
Apr 7th, 2008 · Nearly 40 years ago, funny, smart, neurotic Alexander Portnoy burst onto the public stage. Philip Roth's fictional hero was racked by guilt -- promoted by an over-protective, self-sacrificing mother and by an obsession with, er, loving himself too much.
Aug 30th, 2005 · As a self-described "neurotic, Gen-X hypochondriac," Chris Ayres would seem an unlikely war correspondent. But the reporter for the Times of London did go to war embedded with the Marines during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Ayres tells the story in War Reporting for Cowards.