Nothing Happened and Then It Did
Jake Silverstein
W. W. Norton & Company
<p>"The road novel&#8212;or the road half-novel&#8212;has rarely been funnier or more appealing."&#8212;Benjamin Moser, <i>Harper's</i>In the great American tradition of funny road narratives&#8212; from Mark Twain to Hunter S. Thompson&#8212;a young journalist searches for his first big break down the lonesome highways of the Southwest and northern Mexico. Alternating chapters of fiction and nonfiction provide a hilarious account of Jake Silverstein's misadventures on the hunt for an elusive magazine article&#8212;a journey that becomes a quest to understand the purpose of journalism and the nature of storytelling.</p>