Close to Home #[nn]

John McPherson's Close to Home brings his sharp suburban wit to the page with a cover that sets the tone perfectly — a wooden puppet-like figure autonomously pushing a lawn mower across the front yard while a woman peers skeptically from the window and a man loads golf clubs into the trunk of a red car in the open garage. It's a single image that captures the absurdity of everyday domestic life with warmth and a knowing smirk. A fine sampler of McPherson's 1994 take on the small, wonderfully strange moments hiding in plain sight on any quiet neighborhood street.