The Shih Tsu

How far is an anonymous alcoholic willing to go in order to escape a toxic marriage to a psychically-cratered, shelter dog-abusing, diabetic-hating wife? Yes---sophisticated reader---that question has been asked.And there are more: How do a former Wall-Streeter, a rural county sheriff, a memory-impaired fashion anarchist, the Brawny paper-towel guy, a country singer, and a lawnmower-face aid and abet this high-functioning zero's journey? What happens when a giant's green beans touch his mashed potatoes? How do Somalians deal with sleepwalkers and flat-earthers? Who douses a horse in gasoline and lights it on fire? Why is that Wurlitzer grandma organ playing itself? Why does everything stink of skunks and fish? You are here.