A NYTimes.com Editor\'s Choice A Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist A jaunty, insightful new book .
Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and un.
Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives.
We devour novels, films, and plays.
We spin fantasies.
New York Times Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. .that] draws from disparate corners of history and science to celebrate our compulsion to storify everything around us. .
A NYTimes.com Editor\'s Choice A Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist A jaunty, insightful new book