怪笑小説 | Weird Laughter

Title: 怪笑小説
Authors: 東野　圭吾 著
Pages: 287P
Published At: August, 1998
Description:
An elderly woman living on a pension becomes obsessed with chasing a celebrity, squandering her meager savings in "The Celebrity-Chasing Granny"; a man stakes his life on the theory that "raccoon dogs possess supernatural powers and UFOs are actually the legendary Tanuki teapot" in "The Ultimate Raccoon Dog Theory"; a middle school student faces tragedy when everyone around him appears as animals rather than humans in "Animal Family"...and more. Darkly humorous, unsettling, and absurdly strange characters populate this diverse collection of masterful short stories with varied and distinctive flavors.