See You in Paradise
Stories
J. Robert Lennon
- The
- first
- substantial
- collection
- of
- short
- fiction
- from
- "a
- writer
- with
- enough
- electricity
- to
- light
- up
- the
- country"
- (Ann
- Patchett)"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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