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THE SWAN GONDOLA
A lush and thrilling romantic fable about two lovers set against the scandalous burlesques, midnight séances, and aerial ballets of the 1898 Omaha World’s Fair.
Ferret Skerritt, ventriloquist by trade and con man by birth, isn’t sure quite what the fair will bring. Certainly, there will be work for him amidst the cheap magic tricks, carnival rides, hucksters, pickpockets, and exotic dancers on the Midway, but it’s hard to believe anything truly majestic could happen in Omaha—until he crosses paths with the beautiful and enigmatic Cecily.
Part of a traveling troupe of actors, Cecily works in the Midway’s Chamber of Horrors where she loses her head hourly on a guillotine playing Marie Antoinette, never giving Ferret a second glance. When he finally convinces her to take a moonlit ride on the swan gondola, the Fair’s magic begins to take effect.
Reminiscent of "Water for Elephants" and "The Night Circus" (with a dash of Oz), THE SWAN GONDOLA is poised to be Schaffert’s breakout book.
Timothy Schaffert is the author of four novels. He has won the Henfield Award and the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, and has been short-listed for the O.Henry Prize. He is a contributing editor for Fairy Tale Review, and the web editor of Prairie Schooner. He teaches in the English Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Part of a traveling troupe of actors, Cecily works in the Midway’s Chamber of Horrors where she loses her head hourly on a guillotine playing Marie Antoinette, never giving Ferret a second glance. When he finally convinces her to take a moonlit ride on the swan gondola, the Fair’s magic begins to take effect.
Reminiscent of "Water for Elephants" and "The Night Circus" (with a dash of Oz), THE SWAN GONDOLA is poised to be Schaffert’s breakout book.
Timothy Schaffert is the author of four novels. He has won the Henfield Award and the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, and has been short-listed for the O.Henry Prize. He is a contributing editor for Fairy Tale Review, and the web editor of Prairie Schooner. He teaches in the English Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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