Description: This collection of 16 stories displays the remarkable scope, incomparable wit, and deft prose that have come to be Helprin's signature. Lighthearted, glittering fables are met with starker tales that sound the depths of sacrifice and duty.
Review Quotes: "Helprin reaffirms his place as our most elegant moralist... [His] range is staggering." --Entertainment Weekly, Editor's Choice
"There is plenty of magic here ... in a prose that is as glassy and smooth as amber." --Los Angeles Times