Get in Trouble
by Kelly Link
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SHE HAS BEEN HAILED BY MICHAEL CHABON as "the most darkly playful voice in American fiction" and by Neil Gaiman as "a national treasure." Now Kelly Link's eagerly awaited new collection--her first for adult readers in a decade--proves indelibly that this bewitchingly original writer is among the finest we have. 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
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Some short story collections: * This is How You Lose Her - Junot Diaz * Get in Trouble - Kelly Link * St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves - Karen Russell * The 10th of December - George Saunders * Nocturnes - Kazuo Ishiguro * After the Quake - Haruki Murakami * The…
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