A Dog's Life - Softcover

Peter Mayle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679762671 ISBN 13: 9780679762676

Publisher: Vintage, 1996

Synopsis

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 fragrance of civilization—together with the insouciant wisdom of which only a dog (and probably only Peter Mayle’s dog) is capable.

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The bestsellling author of A Year in Provence and Hotel Pastis now surveys his territory from a differnt vantage point: the all-fours perspective of his dog, Boy--"a dog whose personality is made up of equal parts Boswell and Dr. Johnson, Mencken and A. A. Milne" ("Chicago Sun-Times). Enhanced by 59 splendidly whimsical drawings by Edward Koren.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679762671
• ISBN 13: 9780679762676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Illustrator: Edward Koren