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Smoke and mirrors : short fictions and illusions / Neil Gaiman.

Summary:

imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders -- a place where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins advertise their services in the Yellow Pages under "Pest Control," and where a frightened young boy must barter for his life with a mean-spirited troll living beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks. Explore a new reality -- obscured by smoke and darkness, yet brilliantly tangible -- in this extraordinary collection of short works by a master prestidigitator. It will dazzle your senses, touch your heart, and haunt your dreams.

Record details

ISBN: 0380973642
ISBN: 9780380973644
ISBN: 0060934700
ISBN: 9780060934705
Physical Description: viii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Avon Books, ©1998.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Reading the entrails: a rondel -- An introduction -- Chivalry -- Nicholas was ... -- The price -- Troll bridge -- Don't ask Jack -- The goldfish pool and other stories -- The white road -- Queen of knives -- Changes -- The daughter of owls -- Shoggoth's old peculiar -- Virus -- Looking for the girl -- Only the end of the world again -- Bay wolf -- We can get them for you wholesale -- One life, furnished in early Moorcock -- Cold colors -- The sweeper of dreams -- Foreign parts -- Vampire sestina -- Mouse -- The sea change -- When we went to see the end of the world by Dawnie Morningside, age 11 1/4 -- Desert wind -- Tastings -- Babycakes -- Murder mysteries -- Snow, glass, apples.