The essayist and novelist David Shields, whose forthcoming book ... sad and strange book, Robert Burton’s “The Anatomy of Melancholy,” which is what Boswell’s “Life of Johnson” should ...

“Other People: Takes & Mistakes” by David Shields (Knopf). Back in 1996, Shields blew minds with his beautifully odd essay collection “Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity ...