Dangerous laughter thirteen stories

Summary: The collection is divided into three parts that fit seamlessly together as a whole. It opens with a bang, as "Cat 'n' Mouse" reimagines the deadly ritual between cartoon rivals in a comedy of dynamite and anvils --a masterly prologue that sets the stage for the alluring, very grown-up twists that follow. Part one, "Vanishing Acts," features stories of risk and escape: a lonely woman disappears without a trace; a high school boy becomes entangled with his best friend's troubled sister; and a group of teenagers play a treacherous game that pushes them deep into "the kingdom of forbidden things." Excess reigns in the vivid, haunting places of Part two's "Impossible Architectures," where domes enclose whole cities, and a king's master miniaturist creates objects so tiny that soon his entire world is invisible. Finally, "Heretical Histories" presents startling alternatives to the remembered past. "A Precursor of the Cinema" proposes a new, enigmatic form of illusion. And in the astonishing "The Wizard of West Orange" a famous inventor sets out to simulate the sense of touch -- but success brings disturbing consequences.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307268730 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 030726873X (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 9780307268730 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
ISBN: 030726873X (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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244 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Cat 'n' mouse -- Disappearance of Elaine Coleman -- Room in the attic -- Dangerous laughter -- History of a disturbance -- Dome -- In the reign of Harad IV -- Other town -- Tower -- Here at the historical society -- Change in fashion -- Precursor of the cinema -- Wizard of West Orange.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. New York : Knopf Doubleday Pub. Group, 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 827 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 281 KB).