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OverviewWeird, wicked, spooky and delicious, Pretty Monsters is a book of tall tales to keep you up all night. Kelly Link creates a world like no other, where ghosts of girlfriends past rub up against Scrabble-loving grandmothers with terrifying magic handbags, wizards sit alongside morbid babysitters, and we encounter a people-eating monster with a sick sense of humour. This edition also features a brand new story, 'The Cinderella Game'. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kelly LinkPublisher: Canongate Books Imprint: Canongate Books Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.277kg ISBN: 9781847677846ISBN 10: 1847677843 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 01 July 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Funny, moving, tender, brave and dangerous. She is unique, and should be declared a national treasure, and possibly surrounded at all times by a cordon of armed marines.' Neil Gaiman * Wonderfully odd and original [and] very scary indeed. -- Sarah Waters * Intoxicating. These stories will come alive, put on zoot suits, and wrestle you to the ground. They want you and you will be theirs. -- Alice Sebold * Kelly Link is the literary descendant of Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka. -- Audrey Niffenegger Funny, moving, tender, brave and dangerous. She is unique, and should be declared a national treasure, and possibly surrounded at all times by a cordon of armed marines. -- Neil Gaiman * Link's stories play in a place few writers go, a netherworld between literature and fantasy, Alice Munro and JK Rowling. Time * Has plenty to tangle the imagination and leaves some endings tantalisingly hanging in the dark air. Daily Mail * Against a backdrop of recognisable Americana, anything might happen, and usually does. The Observer * brimming with singular observations and arresting takes on veryday lives, characters and situations...it's a rollercoaster read Books for Keeps Author InformationKelly Link is the author of two previous collections, Stranger things Happen and Magic for Beginners. Her stories have won three Hebula awards, a hugo and a World Fantasy Award. She was born in Miami, Florida, and once won a free trip around the world by answering the question, 'Why do you want to go around the world?' ('Because you can't go through it.') Link lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she and her husband, Gavin J. Grant, run Small Beer Press and play ping-pong. In 1996 they started the occasional zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. www.kellylink.net Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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