Many are quick to denounce the decline of fiction in our present times. The production of nonfiction, however, deserves scrutiny. There is a genre of books invading the Brazilian publishing market and, possibly, the market worldwide: entertainment essayism. Before long, if things continue this way, it may even become a category at the Jabuti Prize. Very soon—if one still retains some faith in humanity—people may realize that there is a difference between essayism as thought a
