Walking Ollie: Or, Winning the Love of a Difficult Dog - Softcover

Foster, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399534296 ISBN 13: 9780399534294

Publisher: TarcherPerigee, 2008

Synopsis

Britain?s answer to Marley and Me?the hilarious and heartwarming international bestseller about learning to live with a troublesome dog.

Like many first-time pet owners, London-based novelist Stephen Foster was upbeat as he began his search for a puppy to adopt. How hard can it be to take care of a dog, he thought?read a guidebook or two, buy a few supplies, and get on with it. But all the books and supplies in the world couldn?t have prepared him for life with Ollie, a willful and moody adopted dog who quickly demonstrated his displeasure at the notion of being told what to do.

Walking Ollie tells the funny and charming story of how a growling, skittish man and his equally growling, skittish dog broke each other in, came to see eye to eye, and decided to become best friends.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Foster is a MacMillan PEN shortlisted story writer and novelist, and the author of several books of nonfiction including Walking Ollie and Fetching Dylan, both of which appeared on the London Sunday Times bestseller list. He lives in Norwich, England, with his partner and fellow writer Trezza Azzopardi, and their lurcher puppy Dylan.

From AudioFile:

Anyone who has adopted a dog from a rescue shelter will sympathize with Stephen Foster's frustrations in domesticating Ollie, a mixed breed saluki/greyhound referred to as a "lurcher." Despite Foster's heroic efforts, Ollie remains neurotic at best, possessed at worst. Nicholas Bell reflects the dry British humor of the text, understating in tone what Foster minimizes in words. Bell's vocal tone remains calm and even throughout, but his precise timing provides belly laughs in a way that shouting never could. We groan with Foster at the dog's many setbacks, and cheer each baby step forward. While this book may not propel you into the local shelter, it will at least inspire admiration for those brave enough to take on such a challenge. R.L.L. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: TarcherPerigee
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0399534296
• ISBN 13: 9780399534294
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192