How the Dead Dream Author:Lydia Millet As a wealthy, young real-estate developer in Los Angeles, T. lives an isolated life. He has always kept his distance from people, from his doting mother to his crass fraternity brothers, but remains unaware of his loneliness until one night, while driving to Las Vegas, he hits a coyote on the highway. The experience unnerves him and inspires a t... more »ransformation that leads T. to question his business pursuits for the first time in his life, to take a chance at falling in love, and finally to begin breaking into zoos across the country, where he finds solace in the presence of animals on the brink of extinction.« less