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Let Me Think
Let Me Think: Stories | J. Robert Lennon
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A new collection of short fiction by the author of the cult classic Pieces for the Left Hand Let 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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I really enjoyed this story collection from someone who has become one of my favorite writers. A collection of sometimes quirky, sometimes slightly creepy, sometimes connected stories and snippets was really fun to read. Lennon is very good at observing human behavior and captures it well here. I‘ll be eternally grateful to the TOB for putting this writer on my radar.

vivastory Terrific review! I really enjoyed this earlier one. It slightly reminded me of The Animators (edited) 9mo
sarahbarnes @vivastory thank you! And thanks again for the recommendation on this one, and this other one! I definitely want to keep reading more by him. 9mo
BarbaraBB Great review. We‘ totally agree on this author. I just ordered three more books from his backlist 🙈 though unfortunately not The Funnies @vivastory 9mo
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sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB oohhh which ones did you order?? 9mo
sarahbarnes These all sound really good @BarbaraBB. And another story collection! 9mo
BarbaraBB Yes! I am very excited about them! 9mo
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