God's Dice

I enjoyed this much more than I had anticipated. Two stories, very different. The first was along the lines I expected, having read [b:London Fields 18830 London Fields Martin Amis https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1334149127s/18830.jpg 83385], but not finding it particularly special. This story - God's Dice - is the short story of a Polish man living in West London. The story is told, in a conversational style, the narrator being a man who ‘knew' Bujak, but was probably a bit unsure of him to be considered a friend. It was gritty little tale, and a good quick read.The second story was a little sci-fi dystopian tale of genetic mutations, named - The little Puppy That Could - and it was about as far as you could get from what I had expected! Confusion plays a strong part in this story! The natural leaders were, of course, the women with the loudest voices and the strongest personalities; and if you think Keithette is redoubtable enough, you should check out Clivonne - or Kevinia! ... They didn't hold a meeting: it was simply a matter of a few dozen exhausted and terrified husbands - all the Toms and Tims and Tams - sprinting with messages from hut to hut. ???Or what to make of this:The dog was eight feet long and four feet high, very lumpily put together, the rolling, snapping head loosely joined to the top-heavy shoulders. In place of a tail he sported an extra limb, bare tibia, tendon and talon - quite useless, and far from decorative. His eyes were a scurvy yellow, his saliva a loud crimson, venomous and also acidic, capable of dissolving human bones.