The Knife Thrower

Millhauser, Steven

ISBN 10: 0753808218 / ISBN 13: 9780753808214

Published by Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1999

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001201103

Synopsis:

This book features twelve fabulous stories from 'the most inventive, wistful, sexy, and wryly comic writer of our time' ("Washington Post"), his first book since "Martin Dressler". Unmistakably Millhauser, these stories range from the imaginative to the phantasmagoric, and all inhabit a strange world, part American, part European, wholly fantastic. From the terrifying opening tale of the knife-thrower, the consummate entertainer pushing his audience to collusion in the ultimate thrill to a fictional meditation on the far from innocent nightlife of teenage girls, these vividly told stories demonstrate, once again, why Steven Millhauser is one of the most acclaimed, and certainly one of the most distinctive, American writers of the age.

Review: "Tantalizing new stories.... Millhauser's ingenuity is delicious." --A. S. Byatt, The Washington Post Book World

"An American writer of surpassing skill.... [Millhauser] renders the impossible itself with precision." --Chicago Tribune

"As Gothic as Poe and as imaginative as Fantasia, Millhauser's deceptive fables are funny and warm. But they're dark as dungeons, too.... He bewitches you." --Entertainment Weekly

-Tantalizing new stories.... Millhauser's ingenuity is delicious.- --A. S. Byatt, The Washington Post Book World

-An American writer of surpassing skill.... [Millhauser] renders the impossible itself with precision.- --Chicago Tribune

-As Gothic as Poe and as imaginative as Fantasia, Millhauser's deceptive fables are funny and warm. But they're dark as dungeons, too.... He bewitches you.- --Entertainment Weekly

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Knife Thrower
Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good