Three Wild Dogs (and the truth)

'Truthful - and often very funny - this is as true a book about a dog as you will find' - Telegraph

In this poignant, funny and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world's most beloved storytellers, bestselling author of The Book Thief , tells of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs - a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of animals family.

What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs - Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?

The answer can only be chaos: there are street fights, public shamings, property trashing, bodily injuries, stomach pumping, purest comedy, and carnage that needs to be seen to be believed . . . not to mention the odd police visit at some ungodly hour.

There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love - and the joy and recognition of family. Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) is a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty straight to our doors and into our lives, and change us forever.

'Funny and charming . . . A stirring tale of the bond that can form between human and hound' - The Times

Markus Zusak is the international bestselling author of six novels, including The Book Thief and most recently, Bridge of Clay . His work is translated into more than forty languages, and has spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.

All of Zusak's books - including earlier titles, The Underdog , Fighting Ruben Wolfe , When Dogs Cry (also titled Getting the Girl ), The Messenger (or I am the Messenger ) - have been awarded numerous honours around the world, ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers.

In 2013, The Book Thief was made into a major motion picture, and in 2018 was voted one of America's all-time favourite books, achieving 14th position on the PBS Great American Read . Also in 2018, Bridge of Clay was selected as a best book of the year in publications ranging from Entertainment Weekly to the Wall Street Journal .

Markus Zusak grew up in Sydney, Australia, and still lives there with his wife and two children.