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Dangerous Laughter

Steven Millhauser

First published 2008
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
ISBN 9780307267566
Cover art Earle Bergey
Pages 244

Notes

  • "Published February 15 2008" (over) "Second Printing, February 2008" stated on the copyright page.
  • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (2008), the ISBN (978-0-307-26756-6), and the LCCN (2007022929).
  • Year of publication stated on the title page.
  • Collection is divided into four sections:
    • Opening Cartoon (pages 1-18, one story)
    • Vanishing Acts (pages 19-110, four stories)
    • Impossible Architectures (pages 111-158, four stories)
    • Heretical Histories (pages 159-244, four stories)
  • On unnumbered page [246] there is the brief "A Note About the Author", followed by "A Note on the Type".
  • "Designed by Iris Weinstein" stated at the bottom of the unnumbered page [246] below "A Note on the Type".
  • "Front-of-jacket illustration by Earle Bergey, courtesy of The Advertising Archives" (over) "Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
  • Subtitled "13 Stories" on the front cover and "Thirteen Stories" on the title page.

Awards

Year Award Category Status
2009 Shirley Jackson Award Best Collection Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Dangerous Laughter Cover 2008 Vintage Books eBook Collection
Dangerous Laughter Cover 2008 Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover Collection Earle Bergey 244
Dangerous Laughter Cover 2009 Vintage Books Trade Paperback Collection Earle Bergey 244