Lives of the Monster Dogs
Published on 3. July 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
301 pages
978-0-340-68596-9 (ISBN)
Description
A group of dogs who can talk and walk upright become celebrities when they arrive in New York in 2008. Refugees from an isolated town, the dogs retain the 19th-century Prussian culture and dress of their human creator. They find adjustment difficult and are threatened by a mystery disease.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 22 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 218 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-68596-9 (9780340685969)
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Person
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.