There has been a lot of discussion online about the use of the Dos Passos technique by Kim Stanley Robinson in his novel, 2312. Stan, however, is not the only person who has done this. Another very successful recent example is The Mirage by Matt Ruff. While 2312 is set in the future and needs big infodumps to explain how that world works, The Mirage is an alternate history that needs to explain how its world differs from our own. It is a 9/11 story, and in many ways the world of the book is a mirror image of ours. If you’d like to know more, read the review.