From the author of the novel Swamplandia!-a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-comes a magical and
uniquely daring collection of stories that showcases the author's gifts at their inimitable
best. Within these pages a community of girls held captive in a Japanese silk factory slowly
transmute into human silkworms and plot revolution a group of boys stumble upon a mutilated
scarecrow that bears an uncanny resemblance to a missing classmate that they used to torment a
family's disastrous quest for land in the American West has grave consequences and in the
marvelous title story two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove try to slake their thirst for
blood and come to terms with their immortal relationship. Named a Best Book of the Year by: The
Boston Globe O The Oprah Magazine Huffington Post The A.V. Club A Washington Post Notable Book
An NPR Great Read of 2013
