The Dog of the South - Softcover

Portis, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585679313 ISBN 13: 9781585679317

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2007

Synopsis

His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray's cards, shotgun and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they've gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romantic couple's spending as far as Mexico. There Ray meets Dr Reo Symes, the seemingly down-on-his-luck and rather eccentric owner of a beaten up and broken down bus, who needs a ride to Belize. The further they drive, in a car held together by coat-hangers and excesses of oil, the wilder their journey gets. But they're not going to give up easily.

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Review:

?One hot summer we rented this house near Austin, Tex., that was on a river with natural springs where you could swim. I found a paperback of Charles Portis? "Dog of the South" in the house, which I?m ashamed to say I stole because it was so funny. I had to have it! Since then I?ve bought other copies of that book and left them at people's houses in an attempt to revere the karma? Arthur Bradford, "New York Times Book Review"

]One hot summer we rented this house near Austin, Tex., that was on a river with natural springs where you could swim. I found a paperback of Charles Portis] "Dog of the South" in the house, which I]m ashamed to say I stole because it was so funny. I had to have it! Since then I]ve bought other copies of that book and left them at people]s houses in an attempt to revere the karma] Arthur Bradford, author of "Dogwalker"

One hot summer we rented this house near Austin, Tex., that was on a river with natural springs where you could swim. I found a paperback of Charles Portis "Dog of the South" in the house, which I m ashamed to say I stole because it was so funny. I had to have it! Since then I ve bought other copies of that book and left them at people s houses in an attempt to revere the karma Arthur Bradford, author of "Dogwalker""

About the Author:

Charles Portis lives in Arkansas, where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, was the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune, and was a writer for The New Yorker.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1585679313
• ISBN 13: 9781585679317
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272