Danton Stone

An ordinary lemon becomes the center of an addled man's world, to the confusion and distress of everyone he knows--especially himself. But as the humans in his life appear increasingly bizarro, Wendell is helpless to resist the allure of the fragrant yellow orb. Based on the director's novel "Lemon" (McSweeney's Books), a comic exploration of jerry-rigged sanity, featuring a cast of curious dozens from the New York stage and street. (wendellandthelemon.com)

Lauren Marcus reluctantly moves back to New York City. When a mystery stemming from a suicide draws her in, she and two friends, a young bookie and a cynical federal agent, seek to uncover the truth.