Based on the popular series of articles which appeared in the Telegraph, Edward Stourton muses on the meaning of life and all things canine as he walks his dog Kudu.
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Edward Stourton is the author of five previous books. He is newspaper columnist , writer and presenter of several high-profile current affairs programmes and documentaries for radio and television, and regularly presents BBC Radio Four programmes such as The World at One, The World this Weekend, Sunday and Analysis. He is a frequent contributor to the Today programme, where for ten years he was one of the main presenters.
'If you are accompanied by a dog you can talk to anyone, and anyone can talk to you - about anything...'
Our dogs are our friends. We choose to believe that they understand us intuitively, that we can confide in them and that they will support us without question. In return we lavish them with affection, overlook faults and invest them with glorious qualities we rarely spot in our fellow humans. Walking the dog allows us to give fantasy full rein. New vistas open up. Social gatherings occur that are entirely outside our normal day-to-day experience ...
Edward Stourton's columns, recording his regular excursions with Kudu, the Springer spaniel, appeared fortnightly in the Telegraph from May 2009 until September 2010. They form the basis for this witty, charming and revealing book of canine musings. Ed's focus might momentarily seem trivial, but his canvas proves to be immeasurably wide. Kudu's small trips to the park offer big insights into romantic attachment, warfare, guilt and depression, honour and heroism, our sense of duty, beauty and the hard facts of life's pecking order.
Engaging and enlightening, Diary of a Dog-Walker will be utterly irresistible for any man or woman with a dog.
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