We interrupt our hiatus to bring you a special TBC on Dan Mallory, best-selling thriller writer and Olympic-level scammer, whose shenanigans were recently exposed in The New Yorker. Plus we talk LA libraries, mail fails, and (according to Michael) the single most horrifying article published so far in 2019.

Links:

• Robert Caro being brilliant.
• Watch the scammer: Dan Mallory interview vid.
• Follow Christopher Shinn on Twitter.
• These monsters.

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