The Tale of A Dog

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ISBN: 9781910701959

From the Diaries and Letters of a Texan Bankruptcy Judge

Lars Gustafsson, Tom Geddes

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English

Harvill Secker
15 May 2016

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

At once wryly humorous and shrewd, intelligent and relaxed - Expressen

Caldwell lives by the lakeside at Austin, Texas, with his wife of thirty years, his two children having long ago flown the nest. He is a judge in the Federal Bankruptcy Court. And the dog? A mongrel that kept upsetting his dustbins as it rooted about in them, until the judge went after it and secretly beat its brains out with the edge-trimmers.

But this is not a crime story - for all that Caldwell's lifelong mentor, the Dutchman van de Rouwers, Philosophy guru and idol of the American campuses, was fished out dead from the lake about the time his Murky Past caught up with him. No, this is a Philosophical Tale- weaving through the judge's humdrum life between the Bench, the campus bookstore, the cocktail party circuit and his own kitchen, Great Metaphysical Questions are asked, about the reality of Good and Evil, ontological proofs of the existence of God, and the theoretical existence of the Most Intelligent Man in America.

Lars Gustafsson taps a rich vein of comedy in the series of contrasts here engendered between the mundane and the highflown as reported in the judge's maybe fanciful narrative. The Tale of a Dog has marked affinity with his last novel, translated into English as A Tiler's Afternoon, in the clearsighted dissection of small people trying to cope with an all too complex modern world.

By: Lars Gustafsson
Translated by: Tom Geddes
Imprint: Harvill Secker
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 209g
ISBN: 9781910701959
ISBN 10: 1910701955
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 May 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lars Gustafsson was born in V ster s, Sweden, in 1936. After taking a doctor's degree at the University of Uppsala in 1962 he became editor of the leading literary periodical Bonniers Litter ra Magasin. His publications reflect a broad range of interest and expertise, extending through philosophy, history, sociology and mathematics, as well as literary criticism, poetry, short stories and novels. His fiction published by Harvill includes The Death of a Beekeeper, The Tale of a Dog, and A Tiler's Afternoon, which was shortlisted for the Dublin International Impac Award and was described by the Independent as 'a beautifully conceived poetic allegory about an artist's life'.

Reviews for The Tale of A Dog: From the Diaries and Letters of a Texan Bankruptcy Judge

A thoroughly convincing novel * Allt om Böcker * Reminiscnet of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment…exciting and thought-provoking * Kristemokraten * At once wryly humorous and shrewd, intelligent and relaxed * Expressen *