Reporting at wit's end: tales from The New Yorker

The 1930s. Firebug-catcher

Place and leave with

The innocent man at Sing Sing

Average cop

Who is this king of glory? (with A.J. Liebling)

The 1940s

Some fun with the F.B.I.

Mister 880

The cigar, the three wings, and the low-level attacks

The wily Wilby

Gossip writer

The 1950s. The blowing of the top of Peter Roger oboe

The cockatoo

A case of felony murder

This is it, honey

The perils of Pearl and Olga

The rich recluse of Herald Square

The 1960s. The Edinburgh caper

The big little man from Brooklyn.