What you don’t see until you read this book: the kennels, the dogmen, the breeding farms.
Coleman Legget, Animal Control officer (aka dog catcher), knows the streets of Palm County: corrupt, fast, and unforgiving. A petty criminal himself, Legget, as he’s called by his friends, learns what real crime is all about. Enter Dr. Fielding, a prestigious, local veterinarian who works with Animal Control. To Legget, Dr. Fielding performs medical miracles with an intuitive "old boy" style many Palm County luminaries admire. But when Legget discovers Dr. Fielding is at the heart of a foul greyhound breeding operation, he must decide where his loyalties and future belong.
Dog Catcher takes you on a realistic romp through a countrified Florida landscape of trailer parks and strawberry farms, dog kennels and animal hospitals. This is the gritty Southern noir of Central Florida and greyhound racing.
Erich R. Sysak is the author of numerous short stories, essays and articles, which can be found in Oxford Magazine, storySouth, the Paumanok Review, Ducts, Projected Letters, the Bangkok Post, the Nation, Antiquarian Book Review, Knot Magazine and International Living.
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