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Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories
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Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories

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From the author of the novel Swamplandia!-a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-comes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that showcases the author’s gifts at their inimitable best.

Within these pages, a community of girls held captive in a Japanese silk factory slowly transmute into human silkworms and plot revolution; a group of boys stumble upon a mutilated scarecrow that bears an uncanny resemblance to a missing classmate that they used to torment; a family’s disastrous quest for land in the American West has grave consequences; and in the marvelous title story, two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove try to slake their thirst for blood and come to terms with their immortal relationship.

Named a Best Book of the Year by: The Boston Globe O, The Oprah Magazine Huffington Post The A.V. Club

A Washington Post Notable Book An NPR Great Read of 2013

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Date
14 January 2014
Pages
256
ISBN
9780307947475

From the author of the novel Swamplandia!-a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-comes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that showcases the author’s gifts at their inimitable best.

Within these pages, a community of girls held captive in a Japanese silk factory slowly transmute into human silkworms and plot revolution; a group of boys stumble upon a mutilated scarecrow that bears an uncanny resemblance to a missing classmate that they used to torment; a family’s disastrous quest for land in the American West has grave consequences; and in the marvelous title story, two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove try to slake their thirst for blood and come to terms with their immortal relationship.

Named a Best Book of the Year by: The Boston Globe O, The Oprah Magazine Huffington Post The A.V. Club

A Washington Post Notable Book An NPR Great Read of 2013

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Date
14 January 2014
Pages
256
ISBN
9780307947475