Get in Trouble: Stories - Softcover

Link, Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782113851 ISBN 13: 9781782113850

Publisher: Canongate Books, 2016

Synopsis

Fantastic, fantastical and utterly incomparable, Get in Trouble rummages in the cupboards of our psyches and pulls out fierce truths about everything from the essence of ghosts to the nature of love. And hurricanes, astronauts, evil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the pyramids . . .

Strange, dark and wry, the stories in Get in Trouble reveal Kelly Link at the height of her creative powers and stretch the boundaries of the human imagination.

About this title

About the Author

Kelly Link's first short-story collection, Stranger Things Happen, was a Salon and Village Voice book of the year. Her second, Magic for Beginners, was a Time book of the year. She is also the author of Pretty Monsters, a collection for young adults. She edited the anthology Trampoline, co-edits the zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, and runs Small Beer Press with her partner, Gavin J. Grant. Link lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

From the Back Cover

The queen of the twisted fairy tale, Kelly Link's books are beloved of Margaret Atwood, Sarah Waters, Neil Gaiman, Audrey Niffenegger and many more. Fantastic, fantastical and utterly incomparable, Get in Trouble rummages in the cupboards of our psyches and pulls out fierce truths about everything from the essence of ghosts to the nature of love. And hurricanes, astronauts, evil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the pyramids... Strange, dark and wry, the stories in Get in Trouble reveal Kelly Link at the height of her creative powers and stretch the boundaries of the human imagination. In hardback, Get in Trouble was named one of the Best Books of The Year by Buzzfeed, Kirkus, NPR, Slate, Time Magazine, Toronto Star, Flavorwire, San Francisco Chronicle, Electric Lit, Washington Post. The 21st century's answer to Angela Carter. Get in Trouble will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman, Audrey Niffenegger, Margaret Atwood and Scarlett Thomas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782113851
• ISBN 13: 9781782113850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352