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The moving story of a life-changing relationship between a boy and a dog
“I don’t really like dogs, but I absolutely loved this book.”
"DOG is a novel full of deft humour and escalating tenderness – a tale about misfits, human and canine, and the currents of hope and courage that bring them together."
"A deeply touching tale about the complexities of being human, and the journey we make to become our true self."
"With humour and unwavering empathy, Rob Perry uncovers the imperfect specimens and misfits who survive on the edge of society, revealing the complexity of the human experience in even the bleakest or most circumscribed of lives. With a pure-hearted hero and a cast of messy extras stumbling towards goodness, this novel is a picaresque delight."
"A beautiful coming-of-age tale of a young man who finds genuine purpose in the most unlikely of places, DOG is both laugh-out-loud funny and quietly devastating. Full of fantastic characters that wouldn't be out of place in a Shane Meadows movie, Rob Perry brings to life a corner of British life rarely covered in fiction. Funny, heartbreaking, lyrical and exciting, if you're looking for the next big thing in 2024, DOG will be your new best friend."
“Rob Perry is that rarest of breeds: not only has his writing the poise and beauty of a greyhound at full flight, it can also be riotously funny. A magnificent debut.”
“This outsider fable of friendship and human-animal connection wields a comforting deadpan charm.”
“Dog is a delight. It's such a treat to meet a dog in a novel, especially one as touching and funny as this one, and especially a dog as wonderful as The Mighty Gary."
“What happens when a dog gives up on life in the fast lane and goes on the run with a highly anxious germaphobe? Scruffy, funny and tender, Dog is an edgily real adventure with a believable dog-hero that I read in one hit.”
Rob Perry was born in 1987. He is a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing program. In 2020, his novel Dog was shortlisted and highly commended in the Peggy Chapman Andrews First Novel Award. In 2019 he was selected for the National Centre for Writing’s Escalator programme. He’s been shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Fish Short Story Prize. He won the Nottingham Short Story Prize and was first runner-up in the Moth International Short Story Prize and The Winston Fletcher Memorial Prize. Rob was a copywriter for several years, and has worked as a firefighter and a weightlifting coach. He lives in the Peak District.