Dazzlingly weaves Irish fairy tales, Ovid's Metamorphoses and the history of the Dutch golden age into the form of a magical alphabet. Carson triumphs over the distinction between fact and fiction in the pleasure of telling his stories.
- ISBN13 9781862073715
- Publish Date 22 August 2000 (first published 28 October 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Granta Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 360
- Language English