End of l.

by Stephen Dixon

Three years ago, McSweeney’s published Stephen Dixon’s acclaimed I. Now, the two-time National Book Award nominee revisits that book’s intimate territory, tightening his unflinching focus even as he widens the scope. Dixon is still a master stylist, and the narrator’s
tense, breakneck reflections on loss in all contexts are imbued with remarkable urgency and warmth.

Genres: Fiction, Novels

250 pages, Hardcover

First published July 12, 2006

About the author

Stephen Dixon was a novelist and short story author who published hundreds of stories in an incredible list of literary journals. Dixon was nominated for the National Book Award twice--in 1991 for Frog and in 1995 for Interstate--and his writing also earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy Institute of Arts and Letters Prize for Fiction, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize.

Reviews

[MJ Nicholls · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last outing from Dixon’s alter-ego I. is another novel-in-stories poking into past wounds for wistful and comic effect written in trademark Dixonese. Among the highlights is a modern breakup tale that has the violent desperation and pathos of an angst-ridden Victorian classic and a story exploring the passing of a former friend that captures the shrug of sorrow when a phantom of the past formally ceases to exist.

[Micah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great story of an aging man. I. is the main character which I like a lot. It puts the reader in the center of the narrative. Dixon is great to say the least and this is one of his many wonderful novels.

[Ofelia Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stephen Dixon can write how I think.

[Jeff Laughlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was pretty good.

[Mikael · Rating 4 out of 5]

not as good as i. but as depressing like proust with worse memory

[Monica]

I received this book from McSweeneys. I feel that I should read the first book I.

[Adam]

I just picked this up at Normals Bookstore. Man, what a cool cover.

[Brian]

I. didn't finish it.

[Rick Seery · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hmmm, review to follow. Maybe. Dixon is interesting in his comic banality, but I'm not sure.

[David Markwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you've read I. and not this that is silly. Read it!

[Siobhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I learned that editing is a rare art form.