So He Takes the Dog
Jonathan Buckley
A dog, out for a walk on the beach, returns to its owner with a human hand in its mouth. This novel unpicks the emotional subtleties, fears and prejudices, and desires of the inhabitants of a town somewhere on the coast of the South of England in the aftermath of a brutal murder.
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Posted by Georgie (1 year ago ) Buckley's done something very brave and clever with the detective sub-genre here. The story focuses on the relationship between the local copper John, and his wife Alice, which is beautifully evoked (they meet in an overheated, flooded house which has flowered with many types of mould). John narrates the story in an understated, almost passive voice, which actually adds to the quietly moving impact of this book.
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