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In Dressing for the Carnival, Carol Shields distills her characteristic knowledge, beauty, and insouciant laughter in twenty two luminous tales. A wealth of surprises and contrasts, this collection runs from the lyricism of "Climate," in which a few's life is thrown into disarray once the National Association of Meteorologists moves on attack, to the swampy libido of "Eros," in which an area in a Parisian hotel on the brink of damage may be the driver for enthusiasm, to the courageous self-confidence of "A Headband"-new for this collection-which chronicles the facts of the fledging writer's book tour. Fun, sleek, really observed, and generous of heart, these tales will please her dedicated fans and get her new changes too.