Publisher's Synopsis
Winner of the First Annual Wild Onion Novella Contest, judged by Joe MenoNominated for "Best Debut" (2016 Chicago Review of Books Awards)Included among "The Year's Best Books About Chicago, by Chicagoans" (Chicago magazine)"The enormous energy and the over the top subversive anarchy in Tacky Goblin . . . is that of transformation. This book is a wonderful debut by a talented, comic writer." Stuart DybekAn aimless twenty-something struggles to make sense of reality after he moves to Los Angeles. His legs are rotting, his apartment is haunted, and he's in charge of taking care of dog/human baby hybrid. Plus, he has trouble making friends. Tacky Goblin blunders through particularly strange but familiar misadventures to remind us that, ultimately, learning to take care of yourself is hard.T. Sean Steele writes in Chicago.
