A Taipei Mutt

Fiction. Asian American Studies. Longtime Taipei resident Eric Mader-Lin recreates the streets of a vibrant, tawdry and little-known Asian city. In this picaresque novel loosely based on the Circe episode of the Odyssey, a young American on his way to teach English is fatally captivated by an older woman who takes him home to become one of her kennel of former lovers. All now dogs. When misfortune overtakes their mistress, the dogs are left to fend for themselves on the streets of a busy modern Chinese city, where they meet uncountable adventures. Future critics will consecrate Mader-Lin as the Defoe of Dogdom.