- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (5 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141009667
- ISBN-13: 978-0141009667
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,040,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Tender and satiric, hilarious and humane, Dogwalker plunks readers down in a land of misfits and the circumstantially strange–where one young man buys drugs from a dealer who locks his customers in a closet, while another lands a cat-faced circus freak for a roommate, and yet another must choose between his pregnant wife and the ten-pound slug he’s convinced will bring him a fortune. And throughout these stories moves a divinely inspired collection of dogs: three-legged, no-legged, dogs that sing, that talk, and that give birth to humans. Brilliant, perplexing, and moving, this is a daring debut that strolls along society’s fringes and unearths strange beauty among its misfits
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Praise for Dogwalker by Arthur Bradford: 'These are stories short enough and perfect enough to pass directly to whomever is sat next to you, on the train or in bed, and watch them as they read it.' - The Independent
'I’m filled with joy when I read his work' - Zadie Smith in The Independent on Sunday
'The maddest collection of short stories you’ll read all year'- I-D
'They’ll leave you with your tail wagging and yapping for more'- Tatler
'Brilliantly written vignettes of the underworld'- Marie Claire
'They have a humour and charm that, without preaching, subtly makes the reader aware of how unnatural our own attutide can be to nonconformity and physical difference'- Time Out --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Arthur Bradford's short stories make for compulsive reading. His language and humour highlights every story making it as vivid as if he were actually sitting next to you in a bar, whisky in hand, animated and excited to tell you the WEIRDEST thing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I must confess I bought the book because of the cover and the title: I'm a huge dog lover. But as it turned out, "Dogwalker" is one of the most original books I've ever read! Imaginative, funny, stylistically blunt, outrageous! Of course you will find a dog theme in all the stories but that's not really what the book it all about. A winner, all the way!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read the book in one sitting it is marvellous. Well written with an otherworldly style that is almost childish and all the more delicious for never knowing what comes next.
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