The Fact Checker : A Novel

"It's just a puff piece about a farmer's market, I said to myself. It's not going to kill anyone. It started out like any other morning for the Fact Checker. The piece, "Mandeville/Green," didn't raise any red flags. There were more pressing stories that week at The Magazine-terrorism, war, or some other grave matter-it being 2004 New York City and all. "Mandeville/Green" was a light, breezy look at a local farm called New Egypt, whose Ramapo tom...