Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins

This book is a strange pastiche. In part, it's the magically realist tale of a tanuki (a type of wild dog that looks like a badger) (or the Tanuki) who comes to earth and mates with human women. In part, it's the story of three Vietnam vets who've been MIA and would prefer to stay that way. It was an engaging story, but the parts only seemed to connect in a superficial way. Also, there was a reference to the terrorist attacks of September 11 thrown in at the end in a weird way, which I found rather unsettling. I would probably read other books by this author, but they won't be the next books I seek out.