Sean Wilsey is the memoirist of the moment. The 35-year-old writer has arrived on the literary scene with a cannonball splash, with a lengthy excerpt from his memoir in the New Yorker and a major ...

Wilsey's Eggersesque memoir of growing up rich and dysfunctional is dependent for effect on its deadpan, forthright tone of voice, underscoring the impact of his humorous, unsettled childhood. Brick ...