Red Dog

de Bernieres, Louis
Red Dog
ISBN: 1740510852
Book Number: 63775
Alfred A Knopf, Sydney, 2001. Small 8vo hardcover 120pp illus. Very good / Very good+ d/w with slightly faded spine. Readers familiar with the epic sweep of Louis de Bernières' previous novels, and especially his phenomenally successful Captain Corelli's Mandolin, might be shocked by this small volume of (literally) shaggy dog stories. But those who have enjoyed the humour of those same novels will appreciate this sleeker, slimline de Bernières.nnIn 1998, de Bernières visited the mining towns of Western Australia and stumbled across a bronze statue of Red Dog (1971-1979) outside Dampier. Inspired by this legendary canine, he made another visit, collecting the stories of his life and gently fictionalising them. We follow Red Dog, the itinerant, resourceful, if flatulent hero (
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