Explaining Death To The Dog

A Beverly Hills actor must protect his neighbours from his own father, who has taken up jewel theft in his old age. A bored wife spends all her inheritance at an auction - purchasing one of Princess Diana's dresses. Two straight-A school students murder the school bully. A man feigns amnesia after he's mugged and attempts to win back his ex-wife; the state-hopping divorcee returns to the small town she fled to help her mother, a retired teacher who is squandering her pension on lottery tickets. This collection of stories draws on the bizarre and the hilarious - revealing Perabo as a unique new voice.