From a Wall Street Journal review by Tom Nolan of the book by Patrick Radden Keefe titled “Rogues: True Stories of Grifters,  Killers, Rebels and Crooks”:

“Even as a student,” writes Patrick Radden Keefe in the preface to this edition of his collected journalism, “I came to think that at least where nonfiction was concerned, a big magazine article might be the most glorious form. Substantial enough to completely immerse yourself in but short enough to finish in a sitting.”