From the author of the novel Swamplandiaa 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 sundrenched 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 A Washington Post Notable Book An NPR Great Read of 2013 show more