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'I had been sober for most of that summer. An occasional slip now and then, but nothing compared to my former drinking. I was learning new things about myself. That I was as big a sucker for affection, even from a dog, as any man who ever lived. Martin brought out the boy in me. The surprise was that, in my basic nature, I had hardly changed at all. In many ways I was a ten year old in the body of a man. I was not hard or tough at all.' Thomas Healy was a drunk, a fighter, often unemployed, no stranger to the Glasgow police or to the courts. He came from the Gorbals, that byword for hard men and the school of hard knocks, and his life was going nowhere other than downhill. Then one day he bought a pup - a Doberman. He called him Martin. Gradually man and dog became unshakeable allies, the closest of comrades, the best of friends. Martin, in more ways than one, saved Thomas Healy's life. This is a story of one man and his dog. Such things can be sentimental. Healy's is a memoir written with refreshing originality and love.

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'A tale which beautifully conveys the healing, spiritual, nourishing joys of dog ownership' -- Daily Mail

‘A remarkable and moving new book’ -- The Mail on Sunday

‘A spare, compelling and poetic account of how a dog really was a man’s best friend’ -- Biography Top Title, The Bookseller

‘A testament to redemption, a kind of prayer, a survivor’s thanks’ -- Scotsman

‘Balls to Lassie, this dog was a real life- saver’ -- Lads Mag

‘Compelling account of a man’s love for his best friend’ -- Good Book Guide

‘There are some things, some people, we can never forget. Healy and his memoir fit that bill’ -- The Herald (Glasgow)
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"Smart, acerbic, laconic, with nary an ounce of treacle dripping through Healy's muscular prose. A" Entertainment Weekly


Thomas Healy was a drunk, a fighter, sometimes a writer, often unemployed, and no stranger to the police. His life was going steadily downhill. Then one day he bought a pup a Doberman. He called him Martin. Gradually man and dog became unshakable allies, the best of friends. They took long walks together, they vacationed together, they even went to church together. Martin, in more ways than one, saved Thomas Healy s life.


"Healy's memoir tells how the love he came to feel for Martin led him to quit drinking and fighting and make a new life. Healy's tone is whimsical more often than sentimental, but that doesn't prevent him from concluding that Martin was a gift from God. " The Christian Science Monitor
Thomas Healy grew up in Glasgow in the 1950s. He left school at fifteen and worked as, among other things, a shunter in a railway yard, and a security guard at a meat market. He is the author of a book about boxing, A Hurting Business, and two novels: It Might Have Been Jerusalem and Rolling. He lives in Glasgow."

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