List of Illustrations | p. ix |
Introduction | p. xi |
A Fire in the Brain | p. 3 |
Blocked | p. 17 |
True Confessions | p. 35 |
Quicksand | p. 51 |
The Frog and the Crocodile | p. 63 |
Becoming the Emperor | p. 80 |
A Hard Case | p. 99 |
European Dreams | p. 115 |
The Neapolitan Finger | p. 133 |
The Saintly Sinner | p. 149 |
After the Ball Was Over | p. 169 |
Heroes and Hero Worship | p. 193 |
"Sweet as a Fig" | p. 215 |
American Dancer | p. 229 |
Second Act | p. 239 |
The Soloist | p. 265 |
The Flame | p. 290 |
Dancing and the Dark | p. 319 |
The Bottom Line | p. 333 |
On the Contrary | p. 347 |
After the Laughs | p. 357 |
Feasting on Life | p. 371 |
Finding Augie March | p. 381 |
Piecework | p. 395 |
The Spider's Web | p. 407 |
Assassination on a Small Scale | p. 419 |
The Hunger Artist | p. 437 |
Counterlives | p. 463 |
Perfectly Frank | p. 471 |
Devil's Work | p. 495 |
Burned Again | p. 507 |
Acknowledgments | p. 521 |
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