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Narrow Dog to Carcassonne (Paperback)

by Terry Darlington (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 329 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books; New edition edition (3 May 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553816691
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553816693
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,902 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Written with the author's glorious sense of humour, this is one of those journeys you never want to end'
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars First class scratchings!, 6 Sep 2006
By J. Morgan (Suffolk) - See all my reviews
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If you want to know what scratchings are you'll have to read the book. Narrow dog was a great read, I didn't want the journey to be over to be honest. Contrary to some of the (very few) negative reviews received here, I found the writing refreshing and different and as one reviewer put it 'as if I was a friend travelling with them'. I love Jim and think that Terry and Monica must be very laid back characters, at least they have the backbone to get up and do something rather than just festering away like so many other people do! I also enjoyed very much the french lesson at the end, most useful! Three cheers Terry, can't wait for the next one!
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Strange but funny, 19 Nov 2007
By Mrs. K. A. Wheatley "katywheatley" (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is my mother's favourite book, and I have to say that I don't quite share her enthusiasm, although it was amusing enough at times. This is the true story of Darlington and his wife, both retirees, who own a narrow boat which they use to pootle up and down the waterways of the black country. They also have a very nervous dog which travels with them with great reluctance and spends a lot of time hyperventilating. For some strange reason one day they take it into their heads that the thing to do would be to take the narrow boat through England, across the channel and down through France. This is, if you know anything at all about narrow boats, extremely dangerous. They are not made for waves, they are about as good at steering as a child in a bumper car, and they are so heavy they sink during times of adversity. The book is the tale of their ill conceived oddity.
At times it is very funny, and is always very honest. It is however written in an singularly peculiar style which I found rather trying and incredibly hard to get into. It was at worst like reading a very poor translation, at best quirky, and almost always annoying. If you can get past the style issues, it is a good book, but you really have to work at it.
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary journey festooned with humorous happenings., 22 Mar 2006
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This review is from: Narrow Dog to Carcassonne (Hardcover)
Brilliantly written by a true master of British humour. A travel journal glowing with caricatures of so many specimens of the human race; what daring hearts these brave adventurous pensioners have. Only a genius can write like this; laptop on lap, tongue in cheek and hand feeding pork scratchings to a sea sick whippet.

One of my favourite of many hysterical passages (especially as I love dogs and rabbits):

"The field was big, and there were dozens of rabbits grazing a yard from the hedges. I aimed the torch. They stopped chewing and sat transfixed, their eyes shining. Jim began to scream softly, like a fiend in hell watching a likely soul go over the wall. I cried havoc and let him slip. As he approached at forty miles an hour the rabbits stepped into the hedge, and when he had gone they stepped back out again."

This book will keep coming off the bookshelf to be read again and again. I hope the Darlingtons and Jim will have a follow up adventure!

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4.0 out of 5 stars My type of humour about people and places!
I did the wrong thing to start with? I purchased the book before I read the reviews! Some of which were not very complimentary about Terry Darlington and his whippet Jim! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lotman46

1.0 out of 5 stars disappointed!!-walking thru treacle springs to mind
Having seen all the positive reviews I was looking forward to reading this. However I was soon disappointed- I found it so hard to read - interjecting unfamiliar poems with... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Allergic to inverted commas?
Amusing enough in places, but I gave up afer 20 or so pages it became cognitvely exhausting trying to distinguish between narrative and speech without the normal speech marks... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quirky travel writing
The adventures of a pair of pensioners together with their dog (a character in his own right!) travelling through France on an English narrowboat. Read more
Published 3 months ago by H. HANCOCK

1.0 out of 5 stars Lucky to get one star !!!
I came across this book while investigating a canal trip on the Canal Du Midi. It had great reviews, many saying brilliantly written - I wonder if I have received the correct book... Read more
Published 3 months ago by David Ramsay

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Having seen some of Terry, Monica and Jim's adventure on the Waterworld TV series some years ago and having visited Carcassonne several times myself, I was looking forward to... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Carol Evelin

3.0 out of 5 stars Narrow dog to Carcassonne
This is a lightweight retelling of the realisation of a personal dream. Not a great work of literature, merely casually amusing if you've nothing more worthwhile to read.
Published 3 months ago by J vincent

1.0 out of 5 stars Pointless gibberish in Book Form
Just shockingly bad, if I want a load of surreal prose I'll read a book of abstract poetry. If I want to learn about travel, I'd like some travel writing that actually told me... Read more
Published 4 months ago by L. J. Pilbeam

2.0 out of 5 stars OK... but it's not Bill Bryson.
The author has a very irritating/annoying style and drifts off somewhat into his anecdotes. I bought this and it's successor (Indian River) to cover a long flight to the US... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. M. J. Gilligan

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