Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
A group of talking monster dogs in top hats and tails become instant celebrities when they arrive in New York in the year 2008. Refugees from a Canadian town isolated for 100 years, the dogs retain the 19th-century Prussian culture of their creator. But a mysterious disease is wiping them out.
Kirsten Bakis was born in Switzerland to parents of Estonian origin and grew up outside New York where she now lives. After graduating from New York University, she attended the prestigious Iowa University Writer's Workshop where she was taught by, among others, Saul Bellow. She is 28 years old and works part time as a secretary in a small church in Manhattan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340685976 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340685972 |
| Title | Lives of the Monster Dogs |
| Author | Kirsten Bakis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1998-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 291 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 1998 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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