John McNulty is a major figure in the development of the genre of literary journalism. This essay collection contains: Back Where I Had Never Been; Where the Grass They Say Is Blue; Bellevue Days; The Jackpot; Overlooked Lady; Slightly Crocked; Mrs Carmody's Store; Muller with an Umlaut; Yellow Ball in the Side; Can't Slip Any Drugs to Sisters on Fifth Avenue; Third Avenue Medicine; and The Television Helps but Not Very Much.