false 153604 7 The stories in this collection explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students, and murderers. They tell of corporate betrayals and lost opportunities, and of the obsessions, hopes, fears, and vagaries of desire. 148279 1999 The Reasons I Won't Be Coming total:298|5:49|4:85|3:103|2:48|1:13| 298 1003 470 42 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 3 11 false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 21:11:44 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 20:45:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 2 0 true Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:26:37 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:46:12 -0700 2009
I don't think I gave quite so discerning a read as it maybe deserved, but it seemed that a recurring them...more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 2 0 false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 01:08:36 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 23:09:52 -0800 2009
I liked the book. She didn't, but she lent it to me anyway. I offered her another chance to read it again, but she was always working. In fact, it is not too dramatic to say that I enjoyed the book immensely. But she never understood me. When I think abo...more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 2 1 false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 16:34:38 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:11:13 -0700 2009
Nope.

Whiskey dick, while a valid reason for not coming, does not appear in this book.

A collection of nine short stories... some of them I hated, like Good Morning, A...more...]]> 608600 1573223212 9781573223218 13 1 3.37 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608600.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 1 0 false Thu Jan 10 20:18:21 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 20:32:06 -0800 2008
He has done very well for himself as a writer and has even had a film made of one of his novels. I haven't read that novel, or any of his novels - I made w...more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 3 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 13:53:45 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 13:56:05 -0800 2007 Seven Types of Ambiguity and brought to America after that novel's success). The collection, though not without promise, lacks energy. There's something wan and lackluster about many of these st...more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 3 0 false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 12:44:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 19:35:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 3 0 false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:38:46 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:40:56 -0700 2009 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 5 0 false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 02 15:13:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 19:40:32 -0700 2009 Take your time, and take it one at a time.

This book, as you may have seen took me from July to tonight, March 9, to finish.
It is not a book you pick up, and read a bit each night before you go to sleep.
My recommendation is to take it one story at a time, each one inten...more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 3 0 false Fri Jan 09 13:29:01 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 13:29:32 -0800 2009 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 1 0 false Sat Jan 24 21:35:28 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 21:36:01 -0800 2009 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 5 0 false Wed Dec 17 06:53:13 -0800 2008 Wed May 27 14:35:00 -0700 2009 The Reasons I Won't Be Coming is Perlman's new collection of smart and thoughtful short stories. They explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students and murderers. Witty, vulnerable and honest, they display the same preoccupations that made Perlman's novel, Seven Types of...more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 3 0 false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 18:42:48 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 18:24:02 -0700 2009 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 4 0 false Sun Aug 30 19:42:12 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 19:42:38 -0700 2009 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 4 0 false Sat Mar 29 13:27:33 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 08:17:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 2 0 false Mon Oct 22 07:46:35 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 09:07:57 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 07:46:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 3 0 false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 09:22:09 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 09:46:06 -0700 2009 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 09:39:54 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 18:06:11 -0700 2007
I ended up backtracking a...more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 1 0 false Sat May 26 19:53:01 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 10:48:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 153604 1594482233 9781594482236 280 41 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251541m/153604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153604.The_Reasons_I_Won_t_Be_Coming 2 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:01:17 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:02:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/1?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/3?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/2?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/4?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/5?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/6?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/7?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/9?book_id=7017797 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/10?book_id=7017797