title: The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends
author:  Ann Fiery 
description: As it happens, that little dog that got nuked in the microwave was named Vince. That's one of the priceless details Ann Fiery has added to breathe new life into 25 old stories in <i>The Completely and Totally True Book of Urban Legends</i>. The tanning-booth disaster becomes a tragedy of suburban banality, the hydrogen beer fiasco levels a city, and subtle anti-American sentiments find expression in a simple toothbrush. Fiery's prose is sharp and engaging, her characterization lively, and her pacing brilliant. Artist Mark Ulriksen captures the essence of each tale with a creepy (if often quite funny) painting that leers from a facing page. The retelling of these legends in short-short story form forces the reader to think about how they hold our interest, why we love to hear and spread them, and why so many are about dogs. <i>--Rob Lightner</i>
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  Also by Don Winslow
  
  >  _Satori_
  
  >  _Savages_
  
  >  _The Dawn Patrol_
  
  >  _The Winter of Frankie Machine_
  
  >  _The Power of the Dog_
  
  >  _California Fire and Life_
  
  >  _The Death and Life of Bobby Z_
  
  >  _Isle of Joy_
  
  >  _While Drowning in the Desert_
  
  >  _A Long Walk Up the Water Slide_
  
  >  _Way Down on the High Lonely_
  
  >  _The Trail to Buddha’s Mirror_
  
  >  _A Cool Breeze on the Underground_
  
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  > Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020
  
    
  
  > This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
  > either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
  > Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is
  > entirely coincidental.
  
    
  
  > Copyright © 2009 by Don Winslow
  
    
  
  > Originally published in Great Britain in 2009 by William Heinemann
  
  