Let Me Think
Stories
J. Robert Lennon
- A
- new
- collection
- of
- short
- fiction
- by
- the
- author
- of
- the
- cult
- classic
- Pieces
- for
- the
- Left
- HandLet
- Me
- Think
- is
- a
- meticulous
- selection
- of
- short
- stories
- by
- one
- of
- the
- preeminent
- chroniclers
- of
- the
- American
- absurd.
- Through
- J.
- Robert
- Lennon’s
- mordant
- yet
- sympathetic
- eye,
- the
- quotidian
- realities
- of
- marriage,
- family,
- and
- work
- are
- rendered
- powerfully
- strange
- in
- this
- rich
- and
- innovative
- collection.These
- stories,
- most
- no
- more
- than
- a
- few
- pages,
- are
- at
- once
- experimental
- and
- compulsively
- readable,
- the
- work
- of
- an
- expert
- craftsman
- who
- can
- sketch
- whole
- lives
- in
- a
- mere
- handful
- of
- lines,
- or
- reveal,
- over
- pages,
- the
- boundless
- complexity
- of
- a
- passing
- thought.
- Here
- you’ll
- find
- a
- heist
- gone
- wrong,
- a
- case
- of
- mistaken
- identity,
- a
- hostile
- encounter
- with
- a
- neighborhood
- eccentric,
- a
- glass
- eye,
- a
- talking
- owl,
- and
- a
- six-fingered
- hand.
- Whatever
- the
- subject,
- Lennon
- disarms
- the
- reader
- with
- humor
- before
- pivoting
- to
- pathos,
- pain,
- and
- disappointment—most
- notably
- in
- an
- extraordinary
- sequence
- of
- darting,
- painfully
- funny
- fictions
- about
- a
- disintegrating
- marriage
- that
- captures
- the
- myriad
- ways
- intimacy
- can
- fail
- us,
- and
- the
- ways
- that
- we
- can
- fail
- it.Like
- Lennon’s
- earlier
- story
- collection
- Pieces
- for
- the
- Left
- Hand,
- Let
- Me
- Think
- holds
- a
- mirror
- up
- to
- our
- long-held
- grudges
- and
- secret
- desires,
- our
- petty
- resentments
- and
- moments
- of
- redeeming
- grace,
- and
- confirms
- him
- as
- a
- virtuoso
- of
- the form.
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