Now a major film - the enchanting story of a very remarkable dog from the author of the bestselling Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
Louis de Bernieres is the best-selling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are The Dust That Falls From Dreams, Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter, a collection of stories, Notwithstanding, and a collection of poetry, Imagining Alexandria.
De Bernieres brilliantly evokes the red heat of Australian summers.
Heat lifts off the pages: turning them is like opening furnace
doors
*Spectator*
When I finished the final chapter I immediately extended a
sought-after invitation to my dog to spend the night on the bed
*Observer*
Contains some of his best writing
*Sunday Times*
It's a novel that will appeal to everyone whether they're
dog-lovers or not.
*Daily Express*
De Bernieres brilliantly evokes the red heat of Australian summers.
Heat lifts off the pages: turning them is like opening furnace
doors * Spectator *
When I finished the final chapter I immediately extended a
sought-after invitation to my dog to spend the night on the bed *
Observer *
Contains some of his best writing * Sunday Times *
It's a novel that will appeal to everyone whether they're
dog-lovers or not. * Daily Express *
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