Men and Cartoons Men and Cartoons Men and Cartoons

A boozy ex-military captain trapped in a mysterious vessel searches for his runaway son, an aging superhero settles into academia, and a professional "dystopianist" receives a visit from a suicidalsheep. "Men and Cartoons" contains eleven fantastical, amusing, and moving stories written in a dizzying array of styles that shows the remarkable range and power of Lethem's vision. Sometimesfirmly grounded in reality, and other times spinning off into utterly original imaginary worlds, this book brings together marvelous characters with incisive social commentary and thought provokingallegories. 
 A visionary and creative collection that only Jonathan Lethem could have produced, the Vintage edition features two stories not published in thehardcover edition, "The Shape We're In" and "Interview with the Crab.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."