From the critically acclaimed author of Hotel World comes a collection ofuniquely inventive stories that thread the labyrinth of coincidence chanceand connectio... » 

From the critically acclaimed author of Hotel World comes a collection ofuniquely inventive stories that thread the labyrinth of coincidence chanceand connections missed and made. What happens when you run into Death in a busytrain station? You know hes Death because when he smiles your cell phonegoes dead. What if your lover falls in love with a tree? Should you bejealous? From the woman pursued by a band of bagpipers in full regalia to theartist whos built a sevenfoot boat out of secondhand copies of The GreatGatsby Smiths characters are offbeat charming sexy and as wonderfullycomplex as life itself. «