Fragile Things

<p><strong>Includes the Story How to Talk to Girls at Parties - Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Nicole Kidman</strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>A24 Film Directed by John Cameron Mitchell also Stars Elle Fanning and Ruth Wilson</strong></strong></strong></p> <p><strong>A prodigiously imaginative collection. . . . The best of these clever fantasy metafictions explores the mysteries of artistic inspiration.--<em>New York Times Book Review</em> Editor's Choice</strong><br/><br/><em>Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares . . .</em></p><p><em>A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night . . .</em></p><p><em>In a Hugo Award-winning story a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England . . .</em></p><p>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 <em>Fragile Things</em> is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.<strong></strong></p><p></p>