ABOUTVAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE

From the author of the novelSwamplandia!a finalist for the Pulitzer Prizecomes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that showcases the authors 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 familys 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

AWashington PostNotable Book
AnNPRGreat Read of 2013