From the thrillingly original International Booker-shortlisted author of Fever Dream. In this
explosive third collection six brand-new mesmerizing and utterly addictive short stories from
the incomparable imagination of one of our most essential authors Samanta Schweblin. An
alchemic blend of the raw the astonishing and the tragic every story is as perfectly
unexpected as a snare: tightly exquisitely wound ready to snap at a touch. Here a young
father is haunted by the consequences of a moment of distraction tragedy is complicated by the
inexplicable appearance of an injured horse an attempted poisoning leads two writers to
startling conclusions a lonely woman's charity is rewarded with home-invasion. And in the
shocking title story a suicidal mother finds new meaning in the dark allure of violence.
These are stories to entrap you with their genius. Once you've been caught there's no hope of
escape.
