McCall reviews My Dog Skip and Peter Mayle's A Dog's Life, two canine recollections. Enhanced by fifty-nine splendidly whimsical drawings by Edward Koren, A Dog’s Life gives us all the delights we expect from any book by Peter Mayle-pedigree prose, biting wit, and a keen nose for the fragrance of civilization-together with the insouciant wisdom of which only a dog (and probably only Peter Mayle’s dog) is capable. Bad Dog New York Times Book Review, 9 April 995, p. We share in his amorous dalliances, his run-ins with French plumbers and cats, and in the tidbits (both conversational and edible) of his owners’ dinner parties. Peter Mayle 4.6 out of 5 stars 757 Paperback 246 offers from 1.00 A Year in Provence Peter Mayle 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,880 Paperback 449 offers from 0.99 My Twenty-five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now (Vintage Departures) Peter Mayle 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,216 Paperback Editors' pickBest Biographies & Memoirs 68 offers from 3. Now he gives this canny canine a voice in an irresistible “memoir” that proves that the best vantage point for observing life may well be on all fours.Īs Boy recounts his progress from an overcrowded maternal bosom to unchallenged mastery of the Mayle household, he tells us why dogs are drawn to humans (“our most convenient support system”) and chickens (“that happy combination of sport and nourishment”). Once upon a time in Provence, Peter Mayle adopted a dog of uncertain origins and dubious hunting skills and gave him a name-Boy.
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