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Link, Kelly Stranger Things Happen ISBN 13: 9781458725271

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This first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear.These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you.

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"An alchemical mix of Borges, Raymond Chandler and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." -- Salon.com

Kelly Link's debut collection fuses storytelling smarts with postmodern flair, Nancy Drew with Philip K. Dick. -- The Village Voice: The Lit Parade, Our 25 Favorite Books of 2001

She embraces fantasy in its fullest sense and in doing so transcends all considerations of genre. -- The New York Times Book Review

Sly and charming, tart and wise. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Stranger Things Happen is a tremendously appealing book... -- The Washington Post
About the Author:
Kelly Link is the author of two collections, Magic for Beginners (chosen as a 2005 Best Book by Time Magazine, Salon.com, and Book Sense) and Stranger Things Happen. She is the editor of the anthology Trampoline. She and her husband Gavin J. Grant started Small Beer Press in 2000.

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  • PublisherReadHowYouWant
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 1458725278
  • ISBN 13 9781458725271
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages356
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