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living2read | Jun 15, 2009 |

Vergy good selection of stories. It spans from a vampire story to a a cold blooded murder of a special needs child. (

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Stories range from the fantastic to the mundane. (

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0618788778, Paperback)

This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially
provocative Salman Rushdie, boasts a "magnificent array" (Library
Journal) of voices both new and recognized.With Rushdie at the helm,
the 2008 edition "reflects the variety of substance and style and the consistent quality that readers have come to expect" (Publishers Weekly).

Contributors include T. C. Boyle, Allegra Goodman, Nicole Krauss,
Steven Millhauser, Jonathan Lethem, Karen Russell, and others.

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