Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Author(s): Karen Russell
An awkward teen with a terrible haircut has a reversal of fortune when he finds artefacts from the future lining a seagulls' nest. In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses. Clyde and Magreb - he a traditional capes-and-coffins vampire, she the more progressive variety - settle in an Italian lemon grove in the hope that its ripe fruit will keep their thirst for blood at bay. "Russell can take Antarctic tailgaters, an army of seagulls or simply a window and twist a tale that explodes on the page and lingers in the mind". (The Times).
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A wickedly funny and dark new collection of dystopian tales from the Pulitzer and IMPAC shortlisted author of Swamplandia!
"Hilarious... Dazzling... Exhilarating" New York Times "Wildly fun and full of suspense" -- Jess Holland Observer "These stories use the fantastical to make mythic sense of the human struggle, and perfectly balance light and dark, funny and serious, wacky and realistic" -- Suzi Feay Financial Times "Russell's storytelling, fusing realistic and fantastic elements, is imaginative and beautifully crafted" -- Tina Jackson Metro "A touch of paradoxically grounding pixie humour. This way of writing is so clever that nothing needs to be added to the set-up. These stories have unbelievable strength" -- M John Harrison Guardian
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Vintage
- : 0.188
- : 31 January 2014
- : 198mm X 129mm X 17mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 256
- : 1402
- : Paperback
- : Karen Russell
