Mr. Bones : twenty stories
"A dark and bitingly humorous collection of short stories from the "brilliantly evocative" (Time) Paul Theroux. A family watches in horror as their patriarch transforms into the singing, wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. A renowned art collector relishes publicly destroying his most valuable pieces. Two boys stand by helplessly as their father stages an all-consuming war on the raccoons living in the woods around their house. A y...