Subdivision
A Novel
J. Robert Lennon
- A
- heady,
- inventive,
- fantastical
- novel
- about
- the
- nature
- of
- memory
- and
- the
- difficulty
- of
- confronting
- traumaAn
- unnamed
- woman
- checks
- into
- a
- guesthouse
- in
- a
- mysterious
- district
- known
- only
- as
- the
- Subdivision.
- The
- guesthouse’s
- owners,
- Clara
- and
- the
- Judge,
- are
- welcoming
- and
- helpful,
- if
- oddly
- preoccupied
- by
- the
- perpetually
- baffling
- jigsaw
- puzzle
- in
- the
- living
- room.
- With
- little
- more
- than
- a
- hand-drawn
- map
- and
- vague
- memories
- of
- her
- troubled
- past,
- the
- narrator
- ventures
- out
- in
- search
- of
- a
- job,
- an
- apartment,
- and
- a
- fresh
- start
- in
- life.Accompanied
- by
- an
- unusually
- assertive
- digital
- assistant
- named
- Cylvia,
- the
- narrator
- is
- drawn
- deeper
- into
- an
- increasingly
- strange,
- surreal,
- and
- threatening
- world,
- which
- reveals
- itself
- to
- her
- through
- a
- series
- of
- darkly
- comic
- encounters
- reminiscent
- of
- Gulliver’s
- Travels.
- A
- lovelorn
- truck
- driver
- .
- .
- .
- a
- mysterious
- child
- .
- .
- .
- a
- watchful
- crow.
- A
- cryptic
- birthday
- party.
- A
- baffling
- physics
- experiment
- in
- a
- defunct
- office
- tower
- where
- some
- calamity
- once
- happened.
- Through
- it
- all,
- the
- narrator
- is
- tempted
- and
- manipulated
- by
- the
- bakemono,
- a
- shape-shifting
- demon
- who
- poses
- a
- distinctly
- terrifying
- danger.Harrowing,
- meticulous,
- and
- deranged,
- Subdivision
- is
- a
- brilliant
- maze
- of
- a
- novel
- from
- the
- writer
- Kelly
- Link
- has
- called
- “a
- master
- of
- the
- dark
- arts.”
- With
- the
- narrative
- intensity
- and
- mordant
- humor
- familiar
- to
- readers
- of
- Broken
- River,
- J.
- Robert
- Lennon
- continues
- his
- exploration
- of
- the
- mysteries
- of
- perception
- and memory.
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