U-Haul with Dinosaur
John Bennett
Hcolom Press
Ellensburg, WA
143 pgs
$15.00
ISBN: 978-0-9776783-6-5
It was planned by Lydia, the main squeeze of Thomas
Jablonsky, a well known hard mouth poet. Jablonsky himself wasn’t much for
parties, cheap skidrow rooms with a portable typewriter and a bottle of wine,
but after he met Lydia, he found hismefl going to more than his share.
Finally, after years of
waiting, John Bennett has a new collection of short stories. John who, you may
ask? And I’ll reply, “Bennett. B-E-N-N-E-T-T.” You might stand there, looking
like your silly old self, kind of confused and despondent. I’ll explain to you
that John Bennett is the best damn writer this side of Tokyo.
This new collection, U-Haul
with Dinosaur, consists of eleven short stories
that’ll just knock your socks off, bend your wife across the couch, and it will
be so blissful that neither one of you will remember doing it. And if you’re of
the fairer sex, you’ll cut the damn husband out of the equation entirely,
because John Bennett is man enough for you.
Short stories included in
this book are all over the place. He talks about new world orders, secrets, and
Cincinnati. The stories are beautifully and vividly written, my favorite being
“Leipzig to Lawrence”. Now mind you, Bennett is not talking about that hack
author D.A. Lawrence. He’s proudly referring to the home of William S. Burroughs.
So, in the end, I’m just gonna cut right to
the point. U-Haul with Dinosaur
stretches across the finish line by a swift twelve foot jump. Buy it. And after
you buy it, remember there’s a LOT of drinking in this book. Pick yourself up
on a bottle on the way home.
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