After more than two decades as a writer for The New Yorker, Mark Singer has earned the praise of critics for carrying on the tradition of literary journalism established by earlier New Yorker writers A. J. Liebling, Joseph Mitchell, and Lillian Ross. Singer has also won the respect and support of his contemporaries at The New Yorker, such as Susan Orlean, who admire his approach and his narrative voice. Singer has written more than 250 Talk of the Town pieces and many profiles since 1974; the subjects have been simply people who interested him. His first book, Funny Money (1985), which documents an Oklahoma bank failure, earned critical praise for his narrative style. Mr. Personality (1989), a selection of "Talk" pieces and profiles, was hailed by reviewers who enjoy his humor. His 1992 New Yorker article "The Prisoner and the Politician" (expanded and revised in 1996 as Citizen K: The Deeply Weird American Journey...