A Perfect Little Death (Eleri Ward)

I'm a little late to the party on this one, but what a party it is!

It is well-known that my most abiding obsession (well, actually that might be lists) is the work of Stephen Sondheim. Where once I claimed there were only three geniuses in the world (Annie Dillard, Woody Allen, and Sondheim), the height of his astounding talent elevated him to a level o…