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Man & Dog
A Love Story
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A heart-warming and moving memoir from one of Britain's best-loved writers and journalists that will resonate with dog lovers and dog owners everywhere. Nobody will ever love you like a dog. Nobody will ever be as consistently happy to see you. Nobody will ever make you...
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A heart-warming and moving memoir from one of Britain's best-loved writers and journalists that will resonate with dog lovers and dog owners everywhere.
Nobody will ever love you like a dog. Nobody will ever be as consistently happy to see you. Nobody will ever make you so glad to be alive.
It all started when Tony's daughter Yasmin wanted a rabbit, but things didn't quite go to plan. Instead came Stan, a bandy-legged bundle of joy, loyalty, and bright red fur. Set against the backdrop of Tony's life in Hampstead and their daily walks across the Heath, with its rolling hills, ponds, and cast of star-studded, dog-walking neighbours β this is a poignant, funny, and deeply human memoir about a special relationship with a four-legged friend.
Full of Tony's reliably moving, wise and heartfelt writing, Man & Dog captures the ineffable bond between a man and his dog.
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ISBN: 9780241807637
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: DK RED
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Tony Parsons is an award-winning journalist and a bestselling novelist. His books have been published in over forty languages and his multi-million selling novel Man and Boy won the Book of the Year prize in 2000. His first job in journalism was as a staff writer on the NME and for the last thirty years, he has been one of the most widely-read columnists in Fleet Street. Last year Tony wrote about the loss of his beloved dog Stan in The Sun on Sunday, a column that went viral and inspired his memoir Man & Dog- A Love Story.
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