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Vampires in the lemon grove : stories / Karen Russell.

Author: Russell, Karen, 1981-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

ISBN: 9780307957238 (hbk.)
0307957233 (hbk.)
9780307947475 (pbk.)
0307947475 (pbk.)

Description: 243 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject: Short stories, American.

Notes: "This is a Borzoi book."

Contents: Vampires in the lemon grove -- Reeling for the empire -- The seagull army descends on Strong Beach, 1979 -- Proving up -- The barn at the end of our term -- Dougbert Shackleton's rules for Antarctic tailgating -- The new veterans -- The graveless doll of Eric Mutis.

Summary: Six short stories with subjects ranging from a dejected teenager who discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left behind in a seagull's nest to two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove who try helplessly to slake their thirst for blood.

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