By Amie Barrodale, from “Night Report.” The story appears in You Are Having a Good Time, a collection of Barrodale’s fiction that will be published next month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
After they made love, he said, “Ema, I’ve been reading a new book. Well, it’s an old book, but no one knows about it anymore. It’s a great book, though writing it ruined the author’s career. She’s a fascinating woman — or she was — Sloane Newam, do you know her?”
“I’ve heard the name,” Ema said.
“You would like this Sloane Newam. She’s funny. She reminds me of…
