Dogland

"A compelling, absorbing, hard-edged work, lit by glimpses of another more fantastic reality," Kirkus Reviews. Told through the memories of his adult son, this critically acclaimed coming-of-age tale chronicles Luke Nix's struggles to open Dogland, a 1950s Florida roadside attraction. Building the complex is the least of Nix's problems: it seems that his outspoken rejection of racial segregation does not sit well with the locals. "Rich with complex characters and timeless themes." — Publishers Weekly.

Will Shetterly was inspired to write his best-known novel, Dogland, by his childhood experiences at his parents' dog-centric tourist attraction. He received the Minnesota Book Award for Fantasy and Science Fiction for his 1991 novel Elsewhere and was a finalist in 1993 for Nevernever.