GEORGE MICHELSEN FOY is the author of" Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute Silence", and twelve critically acclaimed novels. He is the recipient of a National Endowment of the Art fellowship in fiction. His novel "Art & Practice of Explosion" came second in Foreword magazine's 2001 Novel of the Year contest, and"The Shift" was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick prize. His articles, reviews, and stories have been published by "Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, Harper's, The New York Times, " and "Men's Journal, " among others, and has been an investigative reporter, writer, and/or editor for "B...