Buying Cigarettes for the Dog

Melanie Little (Editor)

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The first book of fiction since 1997 from the consummately underground Stuart Ross blends a characteristic penchant for experiment with the measured skill of a seasoned, highly disciplined craftsman. A man steps out for a pack of smokes and winds up walking around the planet; a woman sun-tanning by a pool finds herself covered in chicken feet; a guerrilla army of cows infiltrates a big city; a man hires a bodyguard to protect him from his poodle. Ross's stories hold a mirror to the absurdities of 21st-century earth; his is an absurdism so true that it becomes real.
  • ISBN13 9781551118796
  • Publish Date 30 April 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 12 March 2021
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Broadview Press Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 198
  • Language English