From the back pages of history, vivid, entertaining portraits of little-known scoundrels whose misdeeds range from the simply inept to the truly horrifying.

An inquisitive puppy with a penchant for mischief. Two clueless humans. What could possibly go wrong? When Alfie, an Entlebucher Mountain Dog puppy moves in wit

"In the 25 years since [Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick . . . But Stern was there first." —The Toronto