Dogwalker : Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)

A debut collection of short fiction by an O. Henry Award-winning author presents twelve thought-provoking, humorous tales that capture the lives and fortunes of some of society's colorful misfits and mutants, including a giant slug that wreaks marital havoc, three-legged dogs, and an unusual family of former circus freaks who look like cats. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.