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University of Kentucky professor Kim Edwards' witty short story collection The Secrets of a Fire King offers elegant and mesmerizing stories about people who live on the fringes of society—a fire-eater, an American and his Korean war bride, a juggler, and a trapeze artist. The stories span several generations and transport readers to exotic locations in Europe, Asia, and America. The collection was an alternate for the 1998 PEN/Hemingway Award and won both a Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award. It also marked the literary debut for Edwards, who went on to best-selling acclaim with her novel The Memory Keeper's Daughter, which was also a bookclub@ket selection.
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