Triumph of the Won't — Tim Hall

Like the infamous propaganda film that inspired the title of this brilliant collection, Triumph Of The Won't is populated by would-be dictators and failed artists. Meet a literary revolutionary who doesn't write; the record producer obsessed with making it big at all costs; a zine publisher who stalks his girlfriend, oblivious to the consequences; the Marxist author who despises capitalism while lusting after fame and riches. Interpersed with these mad tales from the creative underground are stories and essays dealing with the more painful realities of life--the loss of a child, the end of a marriage, the struggles with drinking, dating, and day jobs--making Triumph Of The Won't a surprisingly tender and poignant autobiography of an artist, by one of the country's most talented and fearless personal journalists.