Denton is tall and rangy, and has a famously large head that sits precariously on a thin neck and narrow shoulders, leaving the impression of an evolved brain that is perhaps a little too conscious of its pedestrian context.

NEWYORKER: Search and Destroy

His thin and very long neck hung crookedly on his shoulder, as if out of joint.

NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician

The grass was making needle-like pricks through the thin material of her maroon scrubs, and she sat up, smoothing her matching V-neck over her chest and belly, feeling the familiar stab of self-consciousness as her hand rode over the unfashionable lumps.

NEWYORKER: The Visitor