<div><div>For connoisseurs of imaginative fiction, the novels of Jonathan Carroll are a special treat that occupy a space all their own. His surreal fictions, which deftly mix the everyday with the extraordinary, have won him a devoted following. Now, in <i>Glass Soup</i>, Carroll continues to astound . . . .<br>&nbsp;<br>The realm of the dead is built from the dreams--and nightmares--of the living. Octopuses drive buses. God is a polar bear. And a crowded highway literally leads to hell.<br>&nbsp;<br>Once before, Vincent Ettrich and his lover, Isabelle Neukor, crossed over from life to death and back again. Now Isabelle bears a very special child, who may someday restore the ever-changing mosaic that is reality. Unless the agents of Chaos can lure her back to the land of the dead--and trap her there forever.<br>&nbsp;<br><i>Glass Soup</i> is another exquisite and singular creation from the author <i>January</i> magazine described as "incapable of writing a bad book much less an uninteresting one."</div></div>