The DevelopmentFrom one of our most celebrated masters, a touching, comic, deeply humane collection of linked stories about surprising developments in a gated community I find myself inclined to set down for whomever, before my memory goes kaput altogether, some account of our little community, in particular of what Margie and I consider to have been its most interesting hour: the summer of the Peeping Tom. Something has disturbed the comfortably retired denizens of

they’re shocked

and notes passed in class

tracing the dubious historical underpinnings of Americans’ most popular sport and offering a visceral

ruthless competition for natural resources

scooter-riding

We've fallen in love with the great Mexican combination of rich

the key to any good negotiation

nine months later

explaining the system to their children and figuring out the right ways to save

Broad in scope and rich in imagination

Henry Ford

From interviewing rugby league's biggest names like Johnny Whiteley