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Book Title

See You in Paradise

Subtitle
Stories
Author 1
J. Robert Lennon
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“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 (weeks, months, years) we all have when things just don’t go quite right.

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List Price
$16.00
ISBN
ISBN
978-1-55597-693-4
Format
Format
Paperback
Publication Date
Publication Date
Subject
Subject
Pages
Pages
248
Trim Size
Trim Size
5.5 x 8.25
Keynote
The first substantial collection of short fiction from “a writer with enough electricity to light up the country” (Ann Patchett)

About the Author

J. Robert  Lennon
J. Robert Lennon is the author of nine novels, including Subdivision and Broken River, and three story collections, Let Me Think, Pieces for the Left Hand, and See You in Paradise. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

http://jrobertlennon.com/
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Praise

  • “[See You in Paradise] is a virtuosic performance in original and tricksterish storytelling.”—The Daily Beast
  • "Lennon's gift is the ability to imbue mundane and supernatural setups alike with the same humor, gravity and humanity."—Chicago Tribune
  • "Fresh and funny. . . . Lennon is a keen observer of human nature, with all its delusions and surprising perspicacity."—Boston Globe
  • See You in Paradise is funny. Delightful. Fun to read. . . . [A] charming, witty peek into Lennon’s imagination.”—Paste
     
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