Passing The Baton -- July 2, 2025

 
For me, Tim O'Brien took the baton from Hunter S. Thompson, who in turn took it from Graham Green, who took it from Ernest Hemingway, who grabbed it from Joseph Conrad, and with a big reach, grabbed it from Daniel Defoe, who took it from Miguel de Cervantes. It seems like I'm missing someone between Defoe and Cervantes but you get the idea.