Product Description
by Neil Gaiman (Author)
Includes the Story "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" - Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Nicole Kidman
A24 Film Directed by John Cameron Mitchell also Stars Elle Fanning and Ruth Wilson
"A prodigiously imaginative collection. . . . The best of these clever fantasy metafictions explores the mysteries of artistic inspiration."--New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice
Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares . . .
A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night . . .
In a Hugo Award-winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England . . .
These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance--and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit--of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.
Front Jacket
Includes "How to Talk to Girls at Parties," the basis for A Major motion picture directed by John Cameron Mitchell and starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning.
Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares. . . .
A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night. . . .
In a Hugo Award-winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England. . . .
These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance--and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit--of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.
--USA TodayBack Jacket
Includes "How to Talk to Girls at Parties," the basis for A Major motion picture directed by John Cameron Mitchell and starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning.
Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares. . . .
A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night. . . .
In a Hugo Award-winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England. . . .
These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance--and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit--of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.
