With an ear tuned to the rhythms of dialect and a remarkable talent for spotting the telling details, James B. Hall finds the limits of what we can know about those around us. These fifteen stories, all seeking plausible explanations for often erratic behavior, chart the narrow passage between what is known and what can only be inferred. In The Lettuce Wars, Paco, an eyewitness to the fatal crash of a veteran bomber-turned-cropduster, tries to understand...