Book summaryA group of dogs arrives in New York in 2008, refugees from a town that retained its 19th-century Germanic culture. A young woman befriends them, and after discovering that an incurable illness threatens them with extinction, she witnesses the lavish party that may be the dogs' last act. Winner of the 1997 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. Media reviews"New York is colonized by giant talking canines in newcomer Bakis's wry variation on the traditional shaggy dog story....Serious enough, but also funny and imaginative: a vivid parable that manages to amuse even as it perplexes and intrigues." |
Lives of the Monster Dogsby Bakis, Kirsten
Book description: New York: Warner, 1998. Trade Paperback. Tiny scrape on bottom spine corner, spine uncreased. Interiors ar e clean and tight, an excellent unread copy. Now out of print, t h is brilliant spin on the "Frankenstein" mythos follows a group of highly intelligent canines, dressed in Victorian fashions, wi th artificial voice boxes and prosthetic hands who become instan t ce lebrities. A reporter is granted unique and exclusive access to t he inner circle of the dogs, where she unearths their dark and st range origins and their uncertain future. Highly recommend ed for fans of genre-breaking literary gothic fantasy, and wierd fiction . . .
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