All Things are Too Small has way of traveling through the world where it is both above and within the muck: “The best sex, probably, was the sex people had when they really believed they would got to hell for it–but craved it so badly that they had it anyway.” Its gentle gripes and alluringly pointed suggestions on how to survive in the muddled swamp of modern existence make for time well spent—you might find your own way through on your own, but this way you get a local’s expertise.