Ref PN6727.W28B85

Title from box cover "Portions of this work originally appeared in The New Yorker, The New York times, McSweeney's quarterly concern, The Manchester guardian, nest, and The Chicago reader"--Box lid Total of 14 components consist of: 1 hardcover vol., 32 cm.; 1 hardcover vol., 24 cm.; 1 booklet, 56 cm.; 1 booklet, 31 cm.; 2 booklets, 28 cm.; 1 booklet, 20 cm.; 1 booklet, 8 x 25 cm.; 5 printed sheets, ranging in size from 9 x 71 cm. to 56 x 81 cm., all folded; and 1 folded board, 41 x 107 cm., folded to 41 x 27 cm. All components are unpaged and are chiefly col. illustrations. None have titles

Untitled (board, 41 x 110 cm folded to 41 x 27 cm) -- My life ; An idea ; Their words ; This morning ; Those people ; That girl ; Her leg ; The day ; His face (hardcover, 31 cm) -- September 23rd, 2000 (hardcover, 24 cm) -- Branford : the best bee in the world (paperback, 20 cm) -- Disconnect (paperback, 31 cm) -- The daily bee (newspaper, 47 x 32 cm folded to 24 x 32 cm) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 46 x 33 cm folded to 23 x 33 cm) -- Untitled (paperback, 28 cm) -- Untitled (paperback, 28 cm) -- Untitled (booklet, 8 x 25 cm) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 9 x 72 cm folded to 9 x 18 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 9 x 72 cm folded to 9 x 18 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 56 x 41 cm folded to 28 x 41 cm.) -- Untitled (broadsheet, 56 x 41 cm folded to 28 x 41 cm)

Presents an illustrated tale, told in various books and folded sheets, about the residents in a three-story Chicago apartment building, including a lonely single woman, a couple who are growing to despise each other, and an elderly landlady