A Dog's Life

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"A dog whose personality is made up of equal parts of Boswell and Dr. Johnson, Mencken and A. A. Milne Tart and vinegary, urbane and stinging—merrily sprinkled, like a geranium outside a kennel, with acerbic tributes—A Dog's Life is a shining exemplar of the canine confessional." —Chicago Sun-Times
Once upon a time in Provence, Peter Mayle adopted a dog of uncertain origins and dubious hunting skills and gave him a name—Boy. Now he gives this canny canine a voice in an irresistible "memoir" that proves that the best vantage point for observing life may well be on all fours.
As Boy recounts his progress from an overcrowded maternal bosom to unchallenged mastery of the Mayle household, he tells us why dogs are drawn to humans ("our most convenient support system") and chickens ("that happy combination of sport and nourishment"). We share in his amorous dalliances, his run-ins with French plumbers and cats, and in the tidbits (both conversational and edible) of his owners' dinner... Tovább

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"A dog whose personality is made up of equal parts of Boswell and Dr. Johnson, Mencken and A. A. Milne Tart and vinegary, urbane and stinging—merrily sprinkled, like a geranium outside a kennel, with acerbic tributes—A Dog's Life is a shining exemplar of the canine confessional." —Chicago Sun-Times
Once upon a time in Provence, Peter Mayle adopted a dog of uncertain origins and dubious hunting skills and gave him a name—Boy. Now he gives this canny canine a voice in an irresistible "memoir" that proves that the best vantage point for observing life may well be on all fours.
As Boy recounts his progress from an overcrowded maternal bosom to unchallenged mastery of the Mayle household, he tells us why dogs are drawn to humans ("our most convenient support system") and chickens ("that happy combination of sport and nourishment"). We share in his amorous dalliances, his run-ins with French plumbers and cats, and in the tidbits (both conversational and edible) of his owners' dinner parties. Enhanced by fifty-nine splendidly whimsical drawings by Edward Koren, A Dog's Life gives us all the delights we expect from any book by Peter Mayle—pedigree prose, biting wit, and a keen nose for the fragrances of civilization—together with the insouciant wisdom of which only a dog (and probably only Peter Mayle's dog) is capable.
"Ingenious a take on dog life that collides with the sweet mythology of Man's Best Friend." —The New York Times Book Review Vissza