Steven Millhauser is obsessed with obsession. Each of the stories in his collection Dangerous Laughter presents an unhealthy fixation—sometimes exhibited by an individual, at other times by a small cadre of friends, or even a community or entire nation. All in all, this book could stand as a series of fictional case studies in obsessive-compulsive behav…
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