Red Dog (Vintage International)

Red Dog (Vintage International)

In 1998, Louis de Bernieresâ€”acclaimed author of Corelliâ€™s Mandolinâ€”came upon a bronze statue in a town on Australiaâ€™s northwestern coast and was immediately compelled to know more about â€œRed Dog.â€ He did not have to go far: everyone for hundreds of miles in every direction seemed to have a story about Red Dog. He was a Red Cloud Kelpie, a breed of sheepdog known for its energy and cleverness. But Red Dog was a kind of ultra-Kelpie, energetic and clever enough for an entire breed in himself.

Dubbed a â€œprofessional travelerâ€ rather than a stray, Red Dog established his own transportation system, hitchhiking between far-flung towns and female dogs in cars whose engine noises heâ€™d memorized and whose drivers heâ€™d charmed. The call of the wild was matched by the call of the supper dish; Red Dogâ€™s appetite was as legendary as his exploits. Everyone wanted to adopt him (one group of workers made him a member of their union), but Red Dog would be adopted byâ€”or, more precisely, he would adoptâ€”only one man: a bus driver whose love life quickly began to suffer and who never quite recovered from Red Dogâ€™s relentlessly affectionate presence.

Independent, clever, sly, stubborn, courageous and foolhardy, impatient with boredom and the boring, Red Dog endeared himself to (almost) everyone who crossed his path. These funny, surprising, and touching stories of his life are certain to endear him to every reader.

Country	USA
Author	Louis de Bernieres
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780345804952
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Vintage
Manufacturer	Vintage
NumberOfPages	1
PublicationDate	2012-09-12
Publisher	Vintage
ReleaseDate	2012-09-12
Studio	Vintage

Red Dog (Vintage International)

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