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  <name><![CDATA[J. Robert Lennon]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[John Robert Lennon 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.

His most famous novel, &lt;i&gt;Mailman&lt;/i&gt;, was released to critical success in 2003 and concerns a mail-carrying protagonist named Albert Lippincott who is clearly losing his mind. The book won praise for its humorous portrayal of one man's descent into madness.

Lennon's first book, &lt;i&gt;The Light of Falling Stars&lt;/i&gt; (1997), about the aftermath of a plane crash, was the winner of Barnes &amp; Noble's 1997 Discover Great New Writers Award. His other books include &lt;i&gt;The Funnies&lt;/i&gt; (1999), a comedy about a would-be cartoonist; &lt;i&gt;On the Night Plain&lt;/i&gt; (2001), a noir western set in the 1940s; and &lt;i&gt;Pieces for the Left Hand: 100 Anecdotes&lt;/i&gt; (2005), a collection of 100 very short stories. His novel &lt;i&gt;Happyland&lt;/i&gt; 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 &lt;i&gt;Harper's Magazine&lt;/i&gt;.

Lennon is also a musician and composer. As a solo artist, recording as Inverse Room, he has released three full-length CDs, &lt;i&gt;Simulacrum&lt;/i&gt; (2002), &lt;i&gt;Pieces for the Left Hand&lt;/i&gt; (2005) (a companion to the book of the same title), and &lt;i&gt;American Recluse&lt;/i&gt; (2007). He is also one half, along with musician Jim Spitznagel, of The Bemus Point, which has released one CD, &lt;i&gt;Infra Dig&lt;/i&gt; (2005). In the early 1990s he fronted the band Wicked Bison, a cult favorite on the Philadelphia bar and fraternity scene.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>    <born_at>01/01/1970</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Mailman: A Novel]]></title>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Castle: A Novel]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pieces for the Left Hand: 100 Anecdotes]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[J. Robert Lennon]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Light of the Falling Stars]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Funnies]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[On the Night Plain: A Novel]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cartero]]></title>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[What's Your Exit? A Literary Detour Through New Jersey]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[JC Todd]]></name>
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