The Dogs...Barking - Hardcover

Notzon, Jan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1465394117 ISBN 13: 9781465394118

Publisher: Xlibris, 2011

Synopsis

The Dogs...Barking is the story of Jason Kelly, a boy growing up in a sleepy little town on the Mexican border in the conformist 1950s. As he grows into a man, he must battle the demons his nature and up bringing have instilled in him. It is a time and culture in which trauma and abuse were things too shameful to mention.

 

From childhood to adolescence and beyond, always in the back of his mind is the desperately lonely sound of the dogs barking in the distance as he lay in bed courting sleep. Now that sound is the ever-present reminder of his own disaffection. It blinds him to the genuine love of his ever-faithful friend, Kathryn, who yearns to be so much more.As a young man, he is thrown into the maelstrom of university life in the wild-eyed, rebellious '60s, finding relief in the illusion of creating a utopia and the pretense of brotherhood that it engenders.

 

But as that idealism gradually fades, he finds a new false god. He graduates to the raw power of New York City, supplanting dreams of fame and the adoration of millions for those of creating the perfect society.

 

As those hopes in turn are thwarted and he finally returns home, bruised and beaten, he finds, to his astonishment, the answer in the very howl of the dogs that once serenaded him to sleep.

About this title

About the Author

Jan Notzon is the author of two novels, The Dogs...Barking and And Ye Shall Be As Gods. He is also the author of seven full-length plays, a one-act, a children's story: The Gift of Arbol Ceiba, and co-author of one screenplay.
  As an actor, Jan has appeared on Another World, Search for Tomorrow, Matlock, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and Beverly Lewis' The Confession with Adrian Paul and Sherry Stringfield.

Review

Top Customer Reviews5.0 out of 5 starsThe Dogs Barking by Jan Notzon By SYLVIA M. KLEIN on September 3, 2013Format: Paperback Verified Purchase Anyone who grew up on the Mexican border will relate to this book immediately. Those who have not will find a wonderfully descriptive story of life on the border, which is unlike any other in the United States. As the main character, Jason, grows up and leaves to follow his dreams in New York City, the story takes a darker turn. I found this book very compelling. It's hard to put down. I highly recommend it.     4.0 out of 5 starsThe Dogs Barking review. By Lalolooco on March 13, 2013Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase The book really held my attention. I got it on my Kindle Fire and read it with interest because I can really identify with the main character.

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1465394117
• ISBN 13: 9781465394118
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236