A Short History of Richard Kline by Amanda Lohrey literary-nonfiction Mission selects the best of

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Winner of the Swiss Literature Award

Up from the Mission charts the life and thought of Noel Pearson

A Short History of Richard Kline by Amanda Lohrey literary-nonfiction Mission selects the best ofI woke with a gasp. And lay in the dark, open mouthed, holding my breath. That feeling . . . that feeling was indescribable. For a moment I had felt as if I were falling . . . falling into bliss. All his life, Richard Kline has been haunted by a sense that something is lacking. He envies the ease with which others slip into contented suburban life or the pursuit of wealth. As he moves into middle age, Richard grows angry, cynical, depressed. But then