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Winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller PrizeFinalist for the 2015 Toronto Book AwardsWinner of the 2015 Rogers Writers'Trust Fiction Prize'[Alexis] devises an inventive romp through the nature of humanity in this beautiful, entertaining read ... A clever exploration of our essence, communication, and how our societies are organized.'– Kirkus Reviews'This might be the best set-up of the spring.'– The Globe & Mail'André Alexis has established himself as one of our preeminent voices.'– Toronto Star— I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.— I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence.And so it begins: a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto vet­erinary clinic. Suddenly capable of more complex thought, the pack is torn between those who resist the new ways of thinking, preferring the old'dog'ways, and those who embrace the change. The gods watch from above as the dogs venture into their newly unfamiliar world, as they become divide

Author

André Alexis

Publisher

Toronto: Coach House Books

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781770564022

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Collections, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.79 / 5 (11,284 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13