A Dog's Life - Softcover

Mayle, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140261559 ISBN 13: 9780140261554

Publisher: Penguin, 1996

Synopsis

A short gift book about the world seen through a dog's eyes. The dog in question is Boy, a pure-bred paranoid, labouring under delusions of grandeur combined with an acute persecution complex that manifests itself at inconvenient moments.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Mayle's work has been translated into twenty two languages. His books include A Year in Provence, Toujours Provence, Anything Considered and Chasing Cezanne, available from Penguin. He died in 2018.

From the Inside Flap:

ayle, the exploits of his beloved dog, Boy, who made a starring debut in Toujours Provence.

Now, Boy, an uncannily perspicacious and shaggy canine of undetermined origin, takes center stage, recounting his event-filled life in the French countryside. From his humble beginnings fighting siblings for liquid sustenance, until the day he establishes undisputed control of the Mayle household, Boy recounts his village life as a bachelor, his contempt for hunters, his love (after a fashion) for chickens, his amorous interludes, his run-ins with plumbers and other human annoyances, his dinner party tidbits (literally), and other joyous and trying adventures in Mayle country.

Boy's understanding of human foibles and his stylistic insouciance (learned, no doubt, at his master's feet) make for a unique and rollicking memoir.

Hotel Pastis, by Peter Mayle, is also available as a Random House AudioBook.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0140261559
• ISBN 13: 9780140261554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192