FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A bewitching
story collection from a writer hailed as "the most darkly playful voice
in American fiction" (Michael Chabon) and "a national treasure" (Neil
Gaiman).
**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BookPage - BuzzFeed -
Chicago Tribune - Kirkus Reviews - NPR - San Francisco Chronicle -
Slate - Time - Toronto Star - 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 "The
Summer People," 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 "I Can See Right Through You," 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 "The New Boyfriend," 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 frailty--and the hidden strengths--of 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
"Ridiculously brilliant . . . These stories make you laugh while staring
into the void."--The Boston Globe
"When it comes to literary magic, Link is the real deal: clever,
surprising, affecting, fluid and funny."--San Francisco Chronicle
