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SUN JUNG My Name is Gucci. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

SUN JUNG My Name is Gucci. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

by NRB | 4 Mar 2025 | Fiction | 0 comments

Gucci the Dalmatian narrates this novel of lives entwined from South Korea to Sydney over multiple lifetimes. I did not expect that a novel narrated by a dog would move and astound me so much. I was not prepared for the richness of My Name is Gucci by Sun Jung. I...
KATE LEAVER Good Dog. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

KATE LEAVER Good Dog. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

by NRB | 16 Jun 2020 | Non-fiction | 3 comments

In Good Dog Kate Leaver writes in praise of having dogs in our lives, whether for their health benefits or their loyalty and companionship. When 65-year-old Andy Szasz ended up in hospital with pneumonia and influenza, the doctors put him in a medically induced coma...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on past pets

by NRB | 31 May 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 4 comments

There were no pets when I was growing up. My parents deflected the pleas from my sister and myself for a dog or a cat by saying that children grew too attached to pets and were upset when they died. It was typical of their attitude of avoiding all the realities of...

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