Publisher's Synopsis
The 2018 Edition of Life and Times of Harry Wolf includes all 60 chapters from the Augmented Expanded Edition (with minor editorial amendments.) It also includes 5 new chapters, in which several new characters are introduced. In "Blame it on Zeus" the character Eugene Unicorn is introduced. Eugene's family business (certification of virginity) is about to suffer serious credibility problems, unless Harry can come up with one of his famous original solutions. We also meet the pop star Serena Sirena, and learn how she came to compose her hit song "Stand by your God" In "Kalvin Koppernickel" we meet a star flyball player who loses his job because he begins to engage in religious demonstrations after scoring goals. How can a wolf successfully intercede with a major sports organization? The chapter "Northern Lights" introduces talk show hosts Sam Hammity (of talk show Pig and Pals) and Steven Coldbear (whose show is called "Northern Lights") Many of Coldbear's jokes start to show too much knowledge of the activities of the Trumpeter-Swan family, and the swan wants Harry to plug the leak. In "The Odd Odyssey of Dr. Oddy Seus" we meet Penelope Seus, Dr. Oddy Seus and the witch Circe. We also learn that the hare who lost the race to the tortoise was named Harvey, and that Harvey later wrote a book named The Loneliness of the Short Distance Runner. In that book, Harvey gives (not very credible) reasons for throwing the race. A scheduled race between Oddy and Harvey is cancelled, but Oddy fails to return home. His wife, Penelope, asks Harry for help, but what can a wolf do to intercede with a powerful witch like Circe? In "The Wonderful Wizard of Ooze" Harry deals with Circe's daughter and son in law, Glinda the Good and William the Wonderful Wizard. He also meets their daughters, Wanda the Wicked Witch of the West, Nadine the Nasty Nerd of the North, Sylvia the Sly Sybil of the South and Elvira the Evil Enchantress of the East. (Actually, Harry never meets Elvira. A cropdusting aircraft piloted by a girl named Dorothy kills her before the story starts.) The killing of Elvira, and Dorothy's subsequent theft of her shoes, set off a big courtroom drama in the land of Ooze. Warning: Several of these stories have adult content.
