J. Robert Lennon

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John Robert Lennon (born 1970) is an American author of several works of fiction, including a number of short stories and four novels to date. He resides in Ithaca, New York.^{[citation needed]}

His most famous novel, Mailman, was released to critical success^{[citation needed]} in 2003 and concerns a mail-carrying protagonist named Albert Lippincott who is clearly losing his mind. The book won praise^{[cite this quote]} for its humorous portrayal of one man's descent into madness.

Lennon's first book, The Light of Falling Stars (1997), about the aftermath of a plane crash, was the winner of Barnes & Noble's 1997 Discover Great New Writers Award. His other books include The Funnies (1999), a comedy about a would-be cartoonist; On the Night Plain (2001), a noir western set in the 1940s; and Pieces for the Left Hand: 100 Anecdotes (2005), a collection of 100 very short stories. His novel Happyland is roughly based around the American Girl doll company creator Pleasant Rowland. It was dropped by publisher W. W. Norton due to fear of libel and subsequently published in serial by Harper's Magazine.^[1] In 2009, Graywolf Press published a new novel, Castle, and reissued Pieces For The Left Hand, which was appearing for the first time in the U.S.

Lennon is also a musician and composer. As a solo artist, recording as Inverse Room, he has released three full-length CDs, Simulacrum (2002), Pieces for the Left Hand (2005) (a companion to the book of the same title), and American Recluse (2007). He is also one half, along with musician Jim Spitznagel, of The Bemus Point, which has released one CD, Infra Dig (2005). In the early 1990s he fronted the band Wicked Bison, a cult favorite^{[weasel words]} on the Philadelphia bar and fraternity scene.

[edit] Bibliography

• The Light Of Falling Stars (1997)
• The Funnies (1999)
• On The Night Plain (2001)
• Mailman (2003)
• Pieces For The Left Hand (2005; Collection)
• Castle (2009)

[edit] External links

• J. Robert Lennon's Official Web Site
• Faculty biography from Cornell University
• Review of "Pieces For The Left Hand" by Seamus Sweeney at www.nthposition.com

[edit] References

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1. ^ Donadio, Rachel (2006-08-27). "The Mystery of the Missing Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/books/review/Donadio.t.html?ex=1183435200&en=69ba6da6890d0473&ei=5070. Retrieved 2007-07-01.