Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders, Paperback

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Includes the Story ""How to Talk to Girls at Parties"" - Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Nicole Kidman A24 Film Directed by John Cameron Mitchell also Stars Elle Fanning and Ruth Wilson ""A prodigiously imaginative collection. . . . The best of these clever fantasy metafictions explores the mysteries of artistic inspiration.""--New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares . . .A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night . . .In a Hugo Award-winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England . . .These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance--and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit--of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.