Free-Range Chickens

After a riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich returns to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world. In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his fear of the Tooth Fairy (€œIs there a face fairy?€) and his initial reaction to the €œGot-your-nose€ game (€œPlease just kill me. Better to die than to live the rest of my life as a monster€). He gets inside the heads of two firehouse Dalmatians who can€t understand their masters€ compulsion to drive off to horrible fires every day (€œWhat the hell is wrong with these people?€). And in the final chapter, he tackles one of life€s biggest questions: Does God really have a plan for us? Yes, it turns out. Now if only He could remember what it was. . . .