How to survive in the bush -- The tragedy of premature death among geniuses -- City of my dreams -- Pest control for dummies -- Boys growing -- Measuring death in column inches ( a nine-week manual for girl rim pigs) -- The nature of pure evil -- Anxious objects -- Odds that, all things considered, she'd someday be happy . At the heart of Zsuzsi Gartner’s exuberant prose is a cri de coeur for personal responsibility as the sun sets on a century in which the media was omnipresent and everyone felt like a victim. There are no innocent bystanders here, though...