Get In Trouble: Stories

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE ò NATIONAL BESTSELLER ò A bewitching story collection from a writer hailed as ôthe most darkly playful voice in American fictionö (Michael Chabon) and ôa national treasureö (Neil Gaiman). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BookPage ò BuzzFeed ò Chicago Tribune ò Kirkus Reviews ò NPR ò San Francisco Chronicle ò Slate ò Time ò Toronto Star ò The Washington Post Kelly Link has won an ardent following for her ability, with each new short story, to take readers deeply into an unforgettable, brilliantly constructed fictional universe. The nine exquisite examples in this collection show her in full command of her formidable powers. In ôThe Summer People,ö a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house. In ôI Can See Right Through You,ö a middle-aged movie star makes a disturbing trip to the Florida swamp where his former on- and off-screen love interest is shooting a ghost-hunting reality show. In ôThe New Boyfriend,ö a suburban slumber party takes an unusual turn, and a teenage friendship is tested, when the spoiled birthday girl opens her big present: a life-size animated doll. Hurricanes, astronauts, evil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the Pyramids . . . These are just some of the talismans of an imagination as capacious and as full of wonder as that of any writer today. But as fantastical as these stories can be, they are always grounded by sly humor and an innate generosity of feeling for the frailtyùand the hidden strengthsùof human beings. In Get in Trouble, this one-of-a-kind talent expands the boundaries of what short fiction can do. Praise for Get in Trouble ôRidiculously brilliant . . . These stories make you laugh while staring into the void.öùThe Boston Globe ôWhen it comes to literary magic, Link is the real deal: clever, surprising, affecting, fluid and funny.öùSan Francisco Chronicle

• | Author: Kelly Link
• | Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• | Publication Date: Feb 09, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 368 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0812986490
• | ISBN-13: 9780812986495