Paper Trails

From the medical sheets in maternity wards to our death certificates, paper charts the course of our lives. Paradoxically, it spreads ideas and learning as well as thousands of tons of junk mail, yet

Collects eighty-two definitive nonfiction writings by the author of the National Book Award-winning Paris Trout, in a volume that features works that chronicle the writer's life and times. Reprint.

In the 1970s and 1980s, before he earned national acclaim for his award-winning novels, Pete Dexter was a newspaper columnist. Every week, in a few hundred words, Dexter cut directly to the heart of

★2026年布克獎（The Booker Prize）入圍肯定： 布克獎評審團一致盛讚：「深度剖析精英階級奢華背後的孤獨與真實生命代價，無比真實且令人震撼！」★當代文壇最頂尖的心靈描繪： 將失智者的意識混亂與微小的人際權力動態，刻畫得極具催眠感與張力。★國際權威媒體一致推崇： 《柯克斯書評》（Kirkus）、《獨立報》（Independent）盛讚：「這是 Emma Cline 迄今為止最棒的小說！」「當一生引以為傲的成就與幻想全數褪去，一個人最終還剩下什麼？」一架劃破格陵蘭夜空的私人飛機上，退休企業巨擘 David 正在手機上玩著接龍遊戲。他口袋裡的筆記本寫滿了急迫提醒，卻已漸漸無法辨認自己的字跡。因阿茲海默症而逐漸失去對現實掌控的他，決定在年輕助手 Cody 的陪伴下，踏上一趟前往瑞士蘇黎世的最後旅程—尋求「安樂死」。從倫敦飯店與女兒的尷尬晚餐，到法國與疏離數十年老友的重逢，過往的記憶碎片與童年光影在 David 混沌的心智中不斷湧現。Emma Cline 以她標誌性、精準如手術刀般的筆觸，將一位強者心智崩解的過程寫得既帶有黑色幽默，又極具震撼人心力量。***LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026***'Sublime... completely gripping... a wonder' MARK HADDON'Her best book yet. Completely extraordinary' DAISY JOHNSON‘A real feat... the writing really, really pops' JEM CALDER*A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK 2026: BBC, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub, Bookstr, Glossary, Paper Trails*A mesmerising portrait of an ageing man’s last pilgrimage, from the bestselling author of The Girls and The GuestA private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired

★2026年布克獎（The Booker Prize）入圍肯定： 布克獎評審團一致盛讚：「深度剖析精英階級奢華背後的孤獨與真實生命代價，無比真實且令人震撼！」★當代文壇最頂尖的心靈描繪： 將失智者的意識混亂與微小的人際權力動態，刻畫得極具催眠感與張力。★國際權威媒體一致推崇： 《柯克斯書評》（Kirkus）、《獨立報》（Independent）盛讚：「這是 Emma Cline 迄今為止最棒的小說！」「當一生引以為傲的成就與幻想全數褪去，一個人最終還剩下什麼？」一架劃破格陵蘭夜空的私人飛機上，退休企業巨擘 David 正在手機上玩著接龍遊戲。他口袋裡的筆記本寫滿了急迫提醒，卻已漸漸無法辨認自己的字跡。因阿茲海默症而逐漸失去對現實掌控的他，決定在年輕助手 Cody 的陪伴下，踏上一趟前往瑞士蘇黎世的最後旅程—尋求「安樂死」。從倫敦飯店與女兒的尷尬晚餐，到法國與疏離數十年老友的重逢，過往的記憶碎片與童年光影在 David 混沌的心智中不斷湧現。Emma Cline 以她標誌性、精準如手術刀般的筆觸，將一位強者心智崩解的過程寫得既帶有黑色幽默，又極具震撼人心力量。***LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026***'Sublime... completely gripping... a wonder' MARK HADDON'Her best book yet. Completely extraordinary' DAISY JOHNSON‘A real feat... the writing really, really pops' JEM CALDER*A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK 2026: BBC, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub, Bookstr, Glossary, Paper Trails*A mesmerising portrait of an ageing man’s last pilgrimage, from the bestselling author of The Girls and The GuestA private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired

The joy of finding an old box in the attic filled with postcards, invitations, theater programs, laundry lists, and pay stubs is discovering the stories hidden within them. The paper trails of our liv