"A new collection of sixteen stories that explore disturbing, magical, and delightful phenomena in everyday American life, and the deepest and darkest desires that we keep hidden from even ourselves"--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN: 9780385351591 (hardcover) :
Physical Description:290 pages ; 24 cmprint
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :Alfred A. Knopf,2015.
General Note: "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note: Miracle Polish -- Phantoms -- Sons and Mothers -- Mermaid Fever -- The Wife and the Thief -- A Report on Our Recent Troubles -- Coming Soon -- Rapunzel -- Elsewhere -- Thirteen Wives -- Arcadia -- The Pleasures and Sufferings of Young Gautama -- The Place -- Home Run -- American Tall Tale -- A Voice in the Night.