With the blessing of Maurice Sendak, writer Dave Eggers (A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS) and director Spike Jonze (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) have transformed the beloved children's book WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE into a feature film. Now Eggers has taken the metamorphic process even further, writing a novelization of the film. The result, THE WILD THINGS, continues to expand on the timeless story of a boy, Max, who run away from home to become the king of the Wild Things. The novel, like the film, delves deeper into the roots of Max's antipathy, and the nature of his fantastic friendship with the Wild Things, but at heart all three (book, film, and book) are brilliantly imagined metaphors for the hurt and rage and love and longing within a child's heart. This special edition from McSweeney's has a fur-covered hardcover, with two monstrous eyes peering through the fuzz.

THE WILD THINGS, based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze, is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can't control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. At the same time, he finds himself capable of startling acts of wildness--he wears a wolf suit, bites his mom, can't always control his outbursts. During a fight at home, Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Funny, dark, and alive, THE WILD THINGS is a timeless and time-tested tale for all ages.

THE WILD THINGS, based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze, is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can't control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. At the same time, he finds himself capable of startling acts of wildness--he wears a wolf suit, bites his mom, can't always control his outbursts. During a fight at home, Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Funny, dark, and alive, THE WILD THINGS is a timeless and time-tested tale for all ages.