Introducing (again) Dave Eggers

Once a poorly paid Salon editor, he left and climbed to mighty literary heights. Now he's back with a bitingly funny tale about the American political circus.

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Jan 26, 2004 | Salon will be serializing Dave Eggers' novel-in-progress about the American political circus in coming weeks.

You can check for each new installment on this page, which will function as a table of contents.

The Unforbidden Is Compulsory
Or, Optimism

Episode 1 of Salon's new political serial.
Episode 2: The balloon battle heats up, and Bill Bennett enters the picture.

Episode 3: "Here we take over," said Sergei. "Here we end this thing. Here we win."

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