- Published: 15 May 2006
- ISBN: 9780553816693
- Imprint: Bantam
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $24.99
Narrow Dog To Carcassonne
- Published: 15 May 2006
- ISBN: 9780553816693
- Imprint: Bantam
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $24.99
A richly atmospheric journey suffused with summer heat and occasional cabin fever, reaching its climax on the flamingo-studded inland sea of the Camargue... The writing is as muscular and lean as its canine hero, conjuring up dawn mist or giant catfish in prose haiku before moving on to the next killer one-liner... A rich and winning comic debut, destined to become a classic of the downshifting genre
Sunday Telegraph
Written with the author's glorious sense of humour, this is one of those journeys you never want to end
The Good Book Guide
The most amazing canal journey of them all
Daily Mail
One of my favourite books of the year
Emma Soames, Saga Magazine
An astonishing read
Libby Purves, Radio 4 Midweek
Great fun and very well written
Blue Flag
Their personal motto could be "brave but never foolhardy"
The Times
A stunning book - racy, chatty, touching and very, very funny
Joanna Lumley
Wonderfully entertaining. I read Narrow Dog pretty well at one sitting
Timothy West and Prunella Scales
It has a real unputdownable quality and once started you might as well cancel any appointments until you've finished
Canal and Riverboat
A wonderfully funny book, full of brilliantly written passages
Brian Patten
There's kind of a moral to the tale as well
John Inverdale and Johnny Walker, Radio 2 Drivetime
Wonderful, moving and inspiring - it's a great read
David Moorcroft, Chief Executive, UK Athletics
Narrow Dog has been welcomed as a classic by one reviewer and is among Amazon's top twenty best-sellers
Guardian
It's more than a memoir, it can be treated as a quotations quiz. And you can quote me on that
Nigel Rees
Sparkling with comic and poetic insights to a France you never knew existed - a France viewed from the back side
Keith Wootton, Producer of ITV's Waterworld
A rich and winning comic debut, destined to become a classic
Daily Telegraph
One of the most hilarious travel memoirs ever written!
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