{"product_id":"dogwalker-stories-paperback","title":"Dogwalker: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Bradford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender and satiric, hilarious and humane, \u003cb\u003eDogwalker\u003c\/b\u003e plunks readers down in a land of misfits and the circumstantially strange-where one young man buys drugs from a dealer who locks his customers in a closet, while another lands a cat-faced circus freak for a roommate, and yet another must choose between his pregnant wife and the ten-pound slug he's convinced will bring him a fortune. And throughout these stories moves a divinely inspired collection of dogs: three-legged, no-legged, dogs that sing, that talk, and that give birth to humans. Brilliant, perplexing, and moving, this is a daring debut that strolls along society's fringes and unearths strange beauty among its misfits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender and satiric, hilarious and humane, Dogwalker plunks readers down in a land of misfits and the circumstantially strange-where one young man buys drugs from a dealer who locks his customers in a closet, while another lands a cat-faced circus freak for a roommate, and yet another must choose between his pregnant wife and the ten-pound slug he's convinced will bring him a fortune. And throughout these stories moves a divinely inspired collection of dogs: three-legged, no-legged, dogs that sing, that talk, and that give birth to humans. Brilliant, perplexing, and moving, this is a daring debut that strolls along society's fringes and unearths strange beauty among its misfits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur Bradford's fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's, Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Awards\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the creator and director of \u003ci\u003eHow's Your News?\u003c\/i\u003e, a traveling news show produced by the denizens of Camp Jabberwocky, the oldest camp for adults with disabilities in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.24 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41941632057479,"sku":"9780375726699","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/376cf13238b44645fbf3fb3cb020d34b.webp?v=1734075491","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dogwalker-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}