When a city becomes infestedwith gargoyles, the citizensmust learn to live with thecreatures; Mr. Apricot fights toprotect his prized beasts; afamily must find a way to splittheir father's inheritance; Bobsets out on an adventure todiscover a magical lobster; aparty boat ventures intointernational waters - with spicyconsequences.With the shortstories and poems that make upSaucy Maneuvers, Read, onceagain explores the limitlesspossibilities of fiction.