The convalescent /
by Jessica Anthony.
- San Francisco [Calif.] : McSweeney's Books, c2009.
- 243 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Rovar Pfliegman, a lonely troll-like man who sells meat out of his bus, halfheartedly seeks treatment for his various ailments, but he seems more intent on fulfilling the self-destructive destiny of the Pfliegman clan, which goes all the way back to pre-medieval Hungary.