A student'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. Un posted 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.
- ISBN10 1555975232
- ISBN13 9781555975234
- Publish Date 31 March 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Graywolf Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 224
- Language English