Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF MARTIN DRESSLER AND "EISENHEIM THE ILLUSIONIST." TERRIFIC..REMARKABLE..MILLHAUSER'S ELEGANT PROSE HAS ONLY GOTTEN STRONGER, AND HERE HE MOVES HIS THEMES FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE AND POWER..HIS CHRONICLES OF OUR SEMI-INHABITED LANDSCAPE SEEM NOT JUST BRILLIANT BUT PRESCIENT. MILLHAUSER IS A MARVEL...DANGEROUS LAUGHTER SHIMMERS WITH ECCENTRIC RESEARCH, SINUOUS EXPLORATIONS OF THE MYSTERIES OF ARTISTIC CREATION AND HIS PRETERNATURAL SENSITIVITY TO THE INNER LIVES OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS...AN EXPERIENCE THAT LEAVES US DAZZLES, ENCHANTED. TALES FUELED BY CRUIOSITY AND WONDER, FROM A MASTER..EVERYTHING ONE HAS COME TO WANT AND EXPECT IN MILLHAUSER'S FICTION IS HERE...DAZZLING.