Hits and Misses: Stories

A sharp new collection from the "hilarious" (Washington Post) humorist who draws comparisons to Douglas Adams (The New York Times), James Thurber, and P.G. Wodehouse (The Guardian).

Simon Rich, "one of the funniest writers in America" (The Daily Beast), is back with his most hilarious—and most personal—collection of stories to date.

From a bitter tell-all by the horse Paul Revere rode to greatness, to a gushing magazine profile of one of your favorite World War II dictators, these stories trawl through history to skewer our obsession with fame and fortune—all the way from ancient Babylon to Hollywood.