New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of the unlikely friendship of a Japanese boy who comes out of a 9 year como and a monitor lizard from a South Seas atoll who is transformed by a nuclear test, gaining consciousness as well as 500 feet and 50 tons. Dustjacket praise from such diverse writers as Katherine Dunn, Oscar Hijuelos and Tom Robbins, among others. ISBN: 0-87113-3962.