THE STORY: In THE FAIRY GARDEN, we meet another discontented wife, Dagny, who married her husband, Boris, for his money and now regrets it. She is also in love with a male stripper called the Mechanic, so she settles matters by decapitating her husband, much to the amazement of her guests, a homosexual couple named Roman and Mimi. Fortunately disaster is averted by the arrival of a genuine fairy, who reunites Boris with his head and then decides to run off with him; while Mimi suddenly declares his love for Dagny, and Roman, left alone, finds some consolation in the arrival of The Mechanic, who nonchalantly goes into his very funny routine.
“Kondoleon is a writer of considerable comic sophistication whose style blends Noel Coward into the Theater of the Absurd.” —New York Daily News.
“Mr. Kondoleon’s writing blossoms like one of those Japanese paper flowers you drop into a glass of water.” —Village Voice.
“Mr. Kondoleon’s glittery language and absurdist world view are as arresting as always.” —The New York Times.
“It was delightful and disturbing. And wicked.” —New York Post.
Included in the collection
Linda Her and The Fairy Garden.
