The Barnum Museum: Stories (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
by Millhauser, Steven
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- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1564781798
- ISBN 13
- 9781564781796
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About This Item
Dalkey Archive Press, 2007. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A stunning paean to the power of imagination. . . . Certainly the work of one of our best writers at the top of his form. . . . So convincing that the most skeptical reader will be swept away."?San Francisco Chronicle The Barnum Museum is a combination waxworks, masked ball, and circus sideshow masquerading as a collection of short stories. Within its pages, note such sights as: a study of the motives and strategies used by the participants in the game of Clue, including the seduction of Miss Scarlet by Colonel Mustard; the Barnum Museum, a fantastic, monstrous landmark so compelling that an entire town finds its citizens gradually and inexorably disappearing into it; a bored dilettante who constructs an imaginary woman and loses her to an imaginary man and a legendary magician so skilled at sleight-of-hand that he is pursued by police for the crime of erasing the line between the real and the conjured. Ingeniously written and orchestrated, each exhibit in The Barnum Museum will compel you to continue, each story becoming a lure to the next.
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- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
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- Title
- The Barnum Museum: Stories (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
- Author
- Millhauser, Steven
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1564781798
- ISBN 13
- 9781564781796
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Place of Publication
- Normal, Il
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 237
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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