Pieces For The Left Hand

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Pieces For The Left Hand
Authors and Contributors      By (author) J.Robert Lennon
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 137
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9781862077409
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Granta Books
Imprint Granta Books
Publication Date 7 March 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 American 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. Unposted letters, unexpected visitors, false memories in Pieces for the Left Hand, these are the things that decide our fate. Wry and deadpan, powerful and philosophical, these addictive little fables reveal the everyday world as a strange and eerie place.

Author Biography

J. Robert Lennon was born in 1970 and lives in New York State. He is the author of Mailman, The Light of Falling Stars, The Funnies and On the Night Plain, all available from Granta Books.