David Benjamin’s anthology, Almost Killed by a Train of Thought, won the 2019 NYC Big Book Award as the year’s Best Essay Collection. In this sequel … Benjamin messes around with subjects that range from politics and journalism to technology and travel, life in Paris and personal reminiscence. Among the surprises, Benjamin’s eclectic vision shines a revealing glow on … … the ghastly thing on the bedside table … Abraham Lincoln’s discovery of the bikini … The second coming of Jesus in the age of American narcissism … the irresistible fakeness of Las Vegas … the romance of Miss September, 1963 … the attack of the sentient refrigerator … God’s second thoughts about the Creation … the great Morovian housecat holocaust … And much, MUCH more.