Publisher's Synopsis
Fiction. Named one of Kirkus Reviews' The Best Fiction Books of 2015. Appel presents a cast of characters worthy of his quirky title. Among them Red Ziggy, a restaurateur from a distant planet who opens Birmingham, Alabama's only Latvian eatery, and Happy Gallows, a widower with granddaughter who advertises in the newspaper for 'housekeeping and discourse.' The topics are weighty--abortion, climate change, cancer--but the touch light enough to make you wonder whether you're reading miracles and conundrums of this world or some other. An intriguing read.--George Harrar, author of Reunion at Red Paint Bay
A fine collection of memorable stories with a delicately surreal edge.--Kirkus, starred review
