Stephen Dixon is one of the literary world's best-kept secrets. For the last 30 years he has been quietly producing work for both independent and corporate publishers, amassing 14 novels and over 500 short stories. Dixon has shunned the pyrotechnics of mass market pop fiction, writing fiercely intellectual examinations of everyday life. What Is All This? is an immense, vastly entertaining and stunningly designed edition that will delight lovers of modern fiction and serve as an ideal introduction to his unique voice and a tribute to a great American writer.