The Labrador Pact - Hardcover

Haig, Matt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067001852X ISBN 13: 9780670018529

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Struggling with the typical throes of human life, from work and money to love and the trials of adolescence with the help of their loyal black Labrador, Prince, the Hunter family is aided in unusual ways by their canine friend when he perceives that they are becoming their own worst enemies. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"A wry, serio-comic family tail, er, tale, for our serio-comic times." --The Washington Post

"Dark, comic, and quite brilliantly adult." --The New York Times

"Haig pulls it off stylishly and unsentimentally." --The Observer

"I love this book. It's fabulous and moving and funny and strange. It will go
down among the great animal books." --Jeanette Winterson, author of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Praise for How To Stop Time

"Matt Haig's latest book, How To Stop Time, is marvelous in every sense of the word. Clever, funny, poignant, and written with Haig's trademark blend of crystalline prose and deft storytelling, this is a book that stirs the heart and mind in equal measure. A hugely enjoyable read." - Deborah Harkness author of The All Souls Trilogy

"Compelling and full of life's big questions, How To Stop Time is a book you will not be able to put down." --Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project

"The narrator is 400 years old, but the sardonic asides give this pacy novel a modern twist. Matt Haig has designs on our heartstrings . . . The energy and zip of this book are hard to resist." --The Guardian

"Matt Haig is astounding." --Stephen Fry

From the Back Cover:

The Hunters are your typical family, with typical concerns—work, money, love, the trials of adolescence—with one difference: they are protected by a highly atypical dog, their black Labrador, Prince. Prince views it as his sacred duty to protect his family and guard its integrity. But what is he to do when the family's worst enemies are themselves?

Wry, perceptive and heartbreaking, The Labrador Pact is a cunning and original take on domestic life in all its joy and disillusionment. Matt Haig has created an improbably poignant narrator in Prince, offering a truly unique perspective on the foibles of family relationships. As Prince uses his heart and soul (and wags and barks) to keep the Hunter clan together, he finds himself confounded by the odd behavior of the humans he loves. To save his family, Prince must betray the ancient Pact of the Labradors—a decision that may cost him everything.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 067001852X
• ISBN 13: 9780670018529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 341