Includes "How to Talk to Girls at Parties," the basis for A Major motion picture directed by John Cameron Mitchell and starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning.Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares. . . .A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night. . . .In a Hugo Award-winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England. . . .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, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.
