Description
Literary Nonfiction. Some human lives can be measured in dogs. Writer/musician John Armstrong is such a person, and in A SERIES OF DOGS, he takes the measure of his own, now at nine dogs' lives and counting.
A hilarious, perceptive and moving memoir that is really about the dogs that have added texture and meaning to his own journey, A SERIES OF DOGS introduces the reader to a cast of some of the most memorable characters to come along in Canadian literature in some time—all of them dogs.
Author Bio
John Armstrong is an award-winning journalist, writer and musician. He is the author of three books, GUILTY OF EVERYTHING (shortlisted for the BC Book Prize), WAGES, and A SERIES OF DOGS (longlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour). After his early days as frontman Buck Cherry of The Modernettes, Armstrong began a 15-year long career as a journalist with the Vancouver Sun. He now lives with his family and dogs in Chilliwack, BC.
Author City: USA