Men and Cartoons: Stories (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “A collection of short stories that showcase Lethem's dramatic flair. Not the nonsequiter humour of Gun with Occasional Music but a very smart collection nonetheless. Comic book reference abound for those of us so inclined.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “Frankly, I was expecting better.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “A collection of short stories that showcase Lethem's dramatic flair. Not the nonsequiter humour of Gun with Occasional Music but a very smart collection nonetheless. Comic book reference abound for those of us so inclined. ”

  smog wrote this review Friday, September 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Amusing and very slight short stories from an author who is capable of major fiction - Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn. ”

  Lenon wrote this review Wednesday, April 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “A stort story collection which slices and dices pop culture in a funny poignant way, full of unreliable narrators and men who can't quite grow up.
  
  The audio CD is worth it, once you have read the book, because it is read not by standard professional readers, but by friends of the author. The results are mixed, but you can hear how much the readers enjoy the story they're presenting. The effect is intimate - quite a trick for stories about Super GoatBoy, an interview with an actual crab who used to be on a hit sitcom, or an apocalypse sheep who visits his creator.
  
  "Oh, I'm dire all right, but I'm not the only one - look in the mirror, friend."”

  Christina M wrote this review Thursday, September 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 0 stars

  “fun read...go super goatman!”

  M.E.T. wrote this review Tuesday, April 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “An interesting collection by some-time science fiction writer Jonathan Lethem. "Interview with the Crab" is fairly bizarre, but the most compelling of the stories.
  
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  Jack of All Tirades wrote this review Tuesday, March 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “Frankly, I was expecting better.”

  Jarndyce S wrote this review Saturday, October 20 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Pretty good short stories. Like almost all short story collections, some are great, some are good, and some I don't remember, The Vision and Vivian Relf and great.”

  RichardT wrote this review Thursday, August 23 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No