{"id":11429,"date":"2014-03-31T00:13:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T04:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=11429"},"modified":"2014-03-31T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T16:36:29","slug":"jonathan-lethem-pending-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2014\/03\/31\/jonathan-lethem-pending-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Lethem: &#8220;Pending Vegan&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click <a title=\"Abstract\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/fiction\/features\/2014\/04\/07\/140407fi_fiction_lethem\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read the abstract of the story on <em>The New Yorker<\/em>\u00a0webpage (this week\u2019s story is available only for subscribers). Jonathan Lethem\u2019s \u201cPending Vegan\u201d was originally published in the April 7, 2014 issue of <em>The New Yorker<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11491\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/April-7-2014.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11491\" data-attachment-id=\"11491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2014\/03\/31\/jonathan-lethem-pending-vegan\/april-7-2014\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/April-7-2014.png?fit=580%2C792&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"580,792\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"April 7, 2014\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Click for a larger image.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/April-7-2014.png?fit=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/April-7-2014.png?fit=580%2C792&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11491\" alt=\"Click for a larger image.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/April-7-2014-219x300.png?resize=219%2C300\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/April-7-2014.png?resize=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1 219w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/April-7-2014.png?fit=580%2C792&amp;ssl=1 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for a larger image.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m hit and miss with Jonathan Lethem. We&#8217;ll have thoughts up soon. In the meantime, please leave your comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker\u00a0webpage (this week\u2019s story is available only for subscribers). Jonathan Lethem\u2019s \u201cPending Vegan\u201d was originally published in the April 7, 2014 issue of The New Yorker. I&#8217;m hit and miss with Jonathan Lethem. We&#8217;ll have thoughts up soon. 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