Once upon a time in Provence, Peter Mayle adopted a dog of uncertain origins and dubious hunting skills and gave him a name-Boy. Now he gives this canny canine a voice in an irresistible "memoir" that proves that the best vantage point for observing life may well be on all fours.
As Boy recounts his progress from an overcrowded maternal bosom to unchallenged mastery of the Mayle household, he tells us why dogs are drawn to humans ("our most convenient support system") and chickens ("that happy combination of sport and nourishment"). We share in his amorous dalliances, his run-ins with French plumbers and cats, and in the tidbits (both conversational and edible) of his owners' dinner parties. Enhanced by fifty-nine splendidly whimsical drawings by Edward Koren, A Dog's Life gives us all the delights we expect from any book by Peter Mayle-pedigree prose, biting wit, and a keen nose for the fragrance of civilization-together with the insouciant wisdom of which only a dog (and probably only Peter Mayle's dog) is capable.
| ISBN: | 9780679762676 |
| Publication date: | 28th May 1996 |
| Author: | Peter Mayle |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
Travel Dogs as pets Memoirs |
Once upon a time in Provence, Peter Mayle adopted a dog of uncertain origins and dubious hunting skills and gave him a name-Boy. Now he gives this canny canine a voice in an irresistible "memoir" that proves that the best vantage point for observing life may well be on all fours.
As Boy recounts his progress from an overcrowded maternal bosom to unchallenged mastery of the Mayle household, he tells us why dogs are drawn to humans ("our most convenient support system") and chickens ("that happy combination of sport and nourishment"). We share in his amorous dalliances, his run-ins with French plumbers and cats, and in the tidbits (both conversational and edible) of his owners' dinner parties. Enhanced by fifty-nine splendidly whimsical drawings by Edward Koren, A Dog's Life gives us all the delights we expect from any book by Peter Mayle-pedigree prose, biting wit, and a keen nose for the fragrance of civilization-together with the insouciant wisdom of which only a dog (and probably only Peter Mayle's dog) is capable.
A Dog's Life features in the following genres: Travel, Dogs as pets, Memoirs
A Dog's Life is available in Paperback
A Dog's Life was written by Peter Mayle and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
A Dog's Life has 208 pages