Last Days of the Dog-Men
Brad Watson. Delta, $9.95 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-385-31827-3
These eight stories about dogs--and humans--show ""uncanny insight into canine psychology,"" said PW. (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 06/30/1997
Genre: Fiction
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