Examines How, Beginning In The 1960s Up To The Present, A New Type Of Fiction Was Created In America, But Also In Europe And Latin America, In Response To The Cultural, Social, And Political Turmoil Of The Time.this Book Examines How, Beginning In The 1960s Up To The Present, A New Type Of Fiction Was Created In America, But Also In Europe And Latin America, In Response To The Cultural, Social, And Political Turmoil Of The Time. The Author Has Coined The Term Surfiction For This New Fiction. Written In An Informal, Provocative Style, By An Internationally Known Practitioner, These Essays Examine The Cultural, Social, And Political Conditions That Forced Serious Writers To Reflect (often Within The Work Itself) On The Act Of Writing Fiction In The Modern World.