Lives of the monster dogs

Kirsten Bakis

first published 1997 Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997 hardcover 291 pages

Here is a first novel like no other: a spellbinding tale that both creates its own fully realized world perspective and provides an incisive look at the ways that humans and animals resemble each other. A group of elegant monster dogs in top hats, tails, and bustle skirts become instant celebrities when they come to New York in 2008. Refugees from a town whose residents had been utterly isolated for a hundred years,...

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Lives of the Monster Dogs edition · 2017 · Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9780374716479
Lives of the Monster Dogs: A Novel (FSG Classics) paperback · 2017 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 320 pages · 9780374537142
Lives of the monster dogs edition · 1997 · Hodder and Stoughton · 291 pages · 9780340685969
Lives of the monster dogs edition · 1997 · Sceptre · 291 pages
Lives of the monster dogs edition · 1997 · Warner Books · 291 pages
Lives of the monster dogs hardcover · 1997 · Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 291 pages
De geschiedenis van de monsterhonden paperback · 1997 · Meulenhoff · 9789029053860
Lives of the Monster Dogs audiobook · 1997 · Audio Literature · 9781574531121

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