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by Jim Knipfel

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From the irresistibly droll mind of Jim Knipfel comes These Children Who Come at You with Knives, and Other Fairy Tales, a series of twisted fables that echo with pinpoint acuity.

A masterful storyteller whose memoirs and novels have earned him widespread acclaim, this is Knipfel's first foray into the short story, and he delivers in spades: this wickedly dark satire on the notion of happily ever after turns the traditional fairy tale on its head.

Among the array of lonely losers wallowing in discontent, the enterprising reader of this volume may meet a talking chicken who learns the world has little patience for intelligence, a foul-mouthed gnome set on world domination, and a magical snowman wrestling with the horror of being alive.

In These Children Who Come at You with Knives, Knipfel's singular and brilliantly funny mind reinvents the bedtime story and offers up a wildly entertaining meditation on the perils of human nature.

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  • Title These Children Who Come at You with Knives, and Other Fairy Tales: Stories
  • Author Jim Knipfel
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Publication date 2010-06-01
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781439154120 / 1439154120
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.46 x 6.62 x 0.7 in (21.49 x 16.81 x 1.78 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Fables, American, Satire, American
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009032151
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 06/01/2010, Page 34
  • Entertainment Weekly, 06/18/2010, Page 100
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2010, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/29/2010, Page 1
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