Name: A Dog's Life

Author: Peter Mayle
Year: 1995
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Animals, Humor, Travel
Culture: France

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ISBNs:
9780140261554
9780679762676
0140261559
0679762671
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 '€œmemoir'€ 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 ('€œour most convenient support system'€) and chickens ('€œthat 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 fragrance of civilization'€”together with the insouciant wisdom of which only a dog (and probably only Peter Mayle'€™s dog) is capable. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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