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.
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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.
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
