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See You in Paradise

J. Robert Lennon

3.7/5 ( ratings)

"I guess the things that scare you are the things that are almost normal," observes one narrator in this collection of effervescent and often uncanny stories. Drawing on fifteen years of work, See You in Paradise is the fullest expression yet of J. Robert Lennon's distinctive and brilliantly comic take on the pathos and surreality at the heart of American life.
In Lennon's America, a portal to another universe can be discovered with surprising nonchalance in a suburban backyard, adoption almost reaches the level of blood sport, and old pals return from the dead to steal your girlfriend. Sexual dysfunction, suicide, tragic accidents, and career stagnation all create surprising opportunities for unexpected grace in this full-hearted and mischievous depiction of those days we all have when things just don't go quite right.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Release: November 04, 2014

ISBN: 155597693X

ISBN 13: 9781555976934

See You in Paradise

J. Robert Lennon

3.7/5 ( ratings)

"I guess the things that scare you are the things that are almost normal," observes one narrator in this collection of effervescent and often uncanny stories. Drawing on fifteen years of work, See You in Paradise is the fullest expression yet of J. Robert Lennon's distinctive and brilliantly comic take on the pathos and surreality at the heart of American life.
In Lennon's America, a portal to another universe can be discovered with surprising nonchalance in a suburban backyard, adoption almost reaches the level of blood sport, and old pals return from the dead to steal your girlfriend. Sexual dysfunction, suicide, tragic accidents, and career stagnation all create surprising opportunities for unexpected grace in this full-hearted and mischievous depiction of those days we all have when things just don't go quite right.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Release: November 04, 2014

ISBN: 155597693X

ISBN 13: 9781555976934

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