Pieces for the Left Hand - 100 Anecdotes (Paperback)

Finally available in the United States, a singular story collection that "Time Out" declared "unsettlingly brilliant" Astudent's suicide note is not what it seems. A high school football rivalry turns absurd--and deadly. A much-loved cat seems to have been a different animal all along. A pair of identical twins aren't identical at all--or even related. A man finds his own yellowed birth announcement inside a bureau bought at auction. Set in a small upstate New York town, told in a conversational style, "Pieces for the Left Hand "is a stream of a hundred anecdotes, none much longer than a page. At once funny, bizarre, familiar, and disturbing, these deceptively straightforward tales nevertheless shock and amaze through uncanny coincidence, tragic misunderstanding, strange occurrence, or sudden insight. Unposted letters, unexpected visitors, false memories--in J. Robert Lennon's vision of America, these are the things that decide our fate. Wry and deadpan, powerful and philosophical, these addictive little tales reveal the everyday world as a strange and eerie place.

General

Imprint:	Graywolf Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	J.Robert Lennon
Dimensions:	178 x 127 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-1-55597-523-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-55597-523-2
Barcode:	9781555975234

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