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Anything Considered : A Novel by Mayle, Peter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Anything Considered : A Novel about?
Once upon a time in Provence, Peter Mayle adopted a dog of uncertain origins and dubious hunting skills and gave him a name—Boy. Now he gives this canny canine a voice in an irresistible “memoir” that proves that the best vantage point for observing life may well be on all fours. As Boy recounts his progress from an overcrowded maternal bosom to unchallenged mastery of the Mayle household, he tells us why dogs are drawn to humans (“our most convenient support system”) and chickens (“that happy combination of sport and nourishment”). We share in his amorous dalliances, his run-ins with French plumbers and cats, and in the tidbits (both conversational and edible) of his owners’ dinner parties. Enhanced by fifty-nine splendidly whimsical drawings by Edward Koren, A Dog’s Life gives us all the delights we expect from any book by Peter Mayle—pedigree prose, biting wit, and a keen nose for the fragrance of civilization—together with the insouciant wisdom of which only a dog (and probably only Peter Mayle’s dog) is capable.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mayle, Peter
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780679751113
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, True Crime, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (3,844 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Hotel Pastis. (2000)
- Hotel Pastis : A Novel of Provence (2011)
- Hotel Pastis : A Novel of Provence (1993)
- Hôtel Pastis : Roman (1996)
- 茴香酒店 = Hoter Pastis (2007)
- Hotel Pastis : a novel of Provence (1994)
- Hôtel Pastis (2019)
- Hotel Pastis : roman (1996)
- Hotel Pastis. Provence : a novel of Provence (1994)
- Chasing Cezanne : A Novel (2013)
- Non renseigné (1997)
- Hotel Pastis (in French) (1996)
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