A DOG'S LIFE - signed copy

HOLROYD, Michael

ISBN 10: 0030728657 / ISBN 13: 9780030728655

Published by New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston., 1969

About this Item

This first US edition is in good condition (small mark to front board) with a good unclipped dust jacket in protective sleeve (some sunning or tanning to spine /edges). Internally near fine. Signed by the author on the title page as shown in the photo.

Seller Inventory # 647-25

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A DOG'S LIFE - signed copy
• Publisher: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0030728657
• ISBN 13: 9780030728655
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & General Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Eustace is the undisputed patriarch of the Farquhar family--that is, he would be if everyone left him alone so he could get on with things, like shaving, and finding his way downstairs.It's not Henry's fault that he snores and that his marriage has collapsed. Or that he failed to get into the cricket team. But he has made up for it and is now a faster motorist than ever he was a bowler. He is a good father too, and one day, when he wakes up from day-dreaming, his son Kenneth will thank him.It is good that Anne sleeps with a whistle in her mouth--how else could she terrify the burglars? As for Mathilda, she wold love to like her mother, but prefers going for long walks with the dog. But what will happen to them all if the dog dies?The story is followed by a devastating postscript. Placing this eccentric family in isolation after two world wars and at the beginning of our aggressive financial culture, it turns comedy into tragedy. A Dog's Life marked a very personal addition to Michael Holroyd's remarkable career.

About the Author

Michael Holroyd was born in 1935. He was at school at Eton and completed his education in public libraries. His biographies of Lytton Strachey, Augustus John, Bernard Shaw, and Ellen Terry established him as one of the most influential biographers of modern times. He was awarded a C. B. E. in 1989 and knighted in 2007, and is President Emeritus of the Royal Society of Literature.