Vampires in the Lemon Grove

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<p>An awkward teen with a terrible haircut has a reversal of fortune when he finds artefacts from the future lining a seagulls nest.</p><p>In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses.</p><p>Clyde and Magreb he a traditional capes-and-coffins vampire, she the more progressive variety settle in an Italian lemon grove in the hope that its ripe fruit will keep their thirst for blood at bay.</p><p>Russell can take Antarctic tailgaters, an army of seagulls or simply a window and twist a tale that explodes on the page and lingers in the mind<i>The Times</i></p>

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Karen Russell, a native of Miami, has been featured in the<i>New Yorker's</i>debut fiction issue, was chosen as one of<i>Granta</i>'s Best Young American Novelists in 2007, and was most recently named one of<i>New Yorker</i>magazine's 20 Under 40. Her first collection of short stories,<i>St Lucys Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,</i>was longlisted for the<i>Guardian</i>first book award. Her novel,<i>Swamplandia!</i>, was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize and shortlisted for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize.

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