Sleeping Dog Adolfo Bioy Casares Relying on classical (pagan) mythology

Relying on classical (pagan) mythology and Christian imagery and theology

Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny

the collection was to become one of the most influential literary works of the 1980s

has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles

and moral fables—all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon

Sleeping Dog Adolfo Bioy Casares Relying on classical (pagan) mythologyA darkly comic thriller following a cynical LA gumshoe who makes the catastrophic mistake of helping a 14 year old find her dog . . . Serendipity Dahlquist is a headstrong roller blading teenager living in LA who has lost her dog. She asks private investigator Leo Bloodworth to help her find the missing pet. In what proves to have been a moment of madness, Bloodworth agrees to take on the case, unleashing an appalling but also extremely entertaining