I completely agree with you about the title of the book and the first story both being "Werevolves in their Youth". I thought it was very odd that one of the nine short stories would be the title. My reasoning of this choice would be that the author wrote this story to be the tone-setter of the rest of the book. The quirky relationship that Timothy and Paul shared can be compared to the relationships in the other two stories; with Kohn and Bengt and the professor and Dexter. All of their encounters are judged by thier peers. Since Timothy and Pauls is witnessed by adults and usually adults will overlook younger peoples without listening to their ideas and opinions, they are never taken seriously. I think since their friendship was the one mocked the most that is why Chabon chose to put it first and have it as the title of the book. The title defintely does jump out and makes it seem like the book may acutally be about werevoles? Overall I think the title and having Timothy on the cover in a werewolf mask adds to the randomness of the whole book and the stories that we've read.