Adam Johnson is the zookeeper capturing tales in the wild
WHEN Adam Johnson says or writes something striking, you need to figure out if what he’s saying is fiction or the truth. That’s because the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer likes to embed sharp fragments of reality in what he makes up. When it sounds too good to be true, it often is, and he’s just figured out how to make it sound really good. There’s much more of the truth teller than a fabulist.
September 5, 2016
