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  • Published: 3 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307477460
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99

Bad Dog

A Love Story




The hilarious and touching story of Hola, a ninety-pound Bernese mountain dog who nearly destroys, then saves, a family.

Meet Hola—the only dog ever to be expelled from puppy school twice. Now her supposed master—a TV writer turned management consultant and high-functioning alcoholic—is about to lose his job, and his wife, too, if he can't get his life—and his dog—under control.

Hola may be the most beautiful Bernese mountain dog in the world, but she's never been trained, so it's not her fault if she tackles strangers, chews on furniture, and runs after buses. That honor falls to Marty, Hola's supposed master, a high-functioning alcoholic who’s so in debt, out of shape, and desperate to save his marriage that he throws himself headlong into the world of competitive dog training. Unfortunately, he knows even less than Hola.

  • Published: 3 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307477460
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99

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Praise for Bad Dog

  • "A surefire heartbreaking bestseller along the lines of Marley & Me." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune
  • "This tale of a man who forgot he was a man and the dog who ultimately reminded him is the most touching, original buddy story I've come across in ages. Sit. Stay. Read." --Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air
  • "A bittersweet tale of renewal. . . . An endearing read full of hope, humor and humility." --Kirkus Reviews
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