Lives of the monster dogs

When a race of elegant, superintelligent dogs arrives in twenty-first-century New York, they become instant celebrities, but, unable to adjust to the modern world and confronted with an incurable disease, they construct a fantastic castle and barricade themselves inside.

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Main Author: Bakis, Kirsten (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
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Summary:When a race of elegant, superintelligent dogs arrives in twenty-first-century New York, they become instant celebrities, but, unable to adjust to the modern world and confronted with an incurable disease, they construct a fantastic castle and barricade themselves inside.
The twentieth anniversary of a postmodern classic, blending the gothic novel with bleeding-edge science fiction, by the author of King Nyx--
Item Description:"With a new introduction by Jeff Vandermeer"--Cover
Physical Description:291 pages
ISBN:9780374537142
0374537143
Author Notes:Kirsten Bakis is the author of Lives of the Monster Dogs and King Nyx. She attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and is the recipient of a Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award, the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel, and a Whiting Award. She is a resident faculty member at the Yale Writers' Conference, teaches at the Hudson Valley Writers' Center, and is an editor at Origins Journal .