In Other Art, his second collection of stories, John Harris dissects with surgical precision the mall?ified life that is small?town North America on the eve of the millennium, sparing no one, least of all John, the middle?aged, divorced, absent father and dutiful son still fighting domestication while daily charting his ranking on the college seniority list. Unusual twists and sharp satire engage the reader in a world where nothing ever really happens, but it’s happening so fast you need a guide like Harris to point the way.