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Vampires in the Lemon Grove
| Author: | Karen Russell |
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Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 |
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| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
On Strong Beach, an awkward teen with a terrible haircut has a reversal of fortune when he finds artifacts from the future lining a seagulls' nest. By the Hox River in Nebraska, a window fuels both family pride and deadly revenge. In a godforsaken barn in what they suspect is Kentucky, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses. And in the collection's title story, Clyde and Magreb -- he a traditional capes-and-coffins vampire, she the more progressive variety -- settle in an Italian lemon grove in the hope that its ripe fruit will keep their thirst for blood at bay.
Karen Russell is an audacious talent with a wicked sense of humour, and this hotly anticipated new collection confirms her place as a master of the short story form, and one of the most imaginative young writers at work today.
Table of Contents:
- Vampires in the Lemon Grove - (2007)
- Reeling for the Empire - (2012)
- The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979 - (2009)
- Proving Up - (2011)
- The Barn at the End of Our Term - (2007)
- Dougbert Shackleton's Rules for Antarctic Tailgating - (2010)
- The New Veterans - (2013)
- The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis - (2010)
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