Home GameBy Michael Lewis Norton, 190 pages, $23.95

Jerry Seinfeld once joked that if a Martian landed in New York and saw a bunch of humans following behind their dogs, scooping up poop and placing it in little plastic bags, he would conclude that dogs are in charge on this planet. He would think the same if he observed kids and their dads in any city in America. And unlike in the Seinfeld example, the Martian would be right.

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