A career-spanning anthology of essays on politics and culture by the best-selling author of The Flamethrowers includes entries discussing a Palestinian refugee camp, an illegal Baja Peninsula motorcycle race, and the 1970s Fiat factory wildcat strikes

Girl on a motorcycle -- We are orphans here -- Earth angel -- In the company of truckers -- Bad captains -- Happy hour -- Tramping in the byways -- Flying cars -- Picture-book horses -- Not with the band -- Made to burn -- Popular mechanics -- Sinking of the HMS bounty -- Duras with an S? -- Is prison necessary? -- Woman in revolt -- Lipstick traces -- Bunny -- Hard crowd