Walking The Dog

Author: David Hughes

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  • : $79.99 NZD
  • : 9780224082297
  • : CCV
  • : Jonathan Cape Ltd
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  • : December 2009
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 79.99
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  • : David Hughes
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  • : Hardback
  • : 2-Oct
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  • : 741.5
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  • : 304
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  • : chiefly Illustrations
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Barcode 9780224082297
9780224082297

Description

Approaching fifty, and warned by his doctor that he's drinking too much and needs to take more exercise, David Hughes is given a dog for his birthday - Dexter, a wire-haired fox terrier. Hughes' daily walks with Dexter form the spine of "Walking the Dog". We eavesdrop on their encounters with fellow dog-walkers ('Hello Hector', 'Hello Chester'...) and on Hughes' thoughts as he plods along carrying a plastic bag of poo. He begins to remember moments from his past, dark memories of murder and violence. He explores his own fantasies and obsessions. From the gentle comedy of the early pages, "Walking the Dog" is transformed into something deeper and more disturbing. This will be a landmark book in the field of graphic literature. The drawing is sublime, the imagination extraordinary, the ambition unequalled.

Author description

DAVID HUGHES is an artist whose work combines illustration, graphic design, photography and animation. In 2003 he received the Pentagram Award for his outstanding contribution to the art of illustration. His drawings have appeared in the Observer, the New Yorker, Esquire, the Guardian, and many other magazines and newspapers. He has received great acclaim for his children's picture books, Strat and Chatto (1990) and Bully (1992). In 2006 he published his version of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.