These tales were penned by one Thomas Lanier Williams of Missouri before he became a successful playwright, and yet his voice is unmistakable.The reliable idiosyncrasies and quiet dignity of Williams's eccentrics are already present in his characters. Consider the diminutive octogenarian of "e;The Caterpillar Dogs"e;, who may have just met her match in a pair of laughing Pekinese that refuse to obey; the retired, small-town evangelist in "e;Every Friday Nite is Kiddies Nite"e;, who wears bright-coloured pyjamas and receives a message from God to move to St. Louis and finally, finally go to the movies again; or the distraught factory worker whose stifled artistic spirit, and just a soupcon of the macabre, propel the drama of "e;Stair to the Roof"e;.Love's diversions and misdirections, even autoerotic longings, are found in these delightful lagniappes: in "e;Season...
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