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The Dog of the South
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The Dog of the South Paperback - 2007

by Portis, Charles

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From Arkansas down to New Mexico and eventually leading to Honduras, a man is on the hunt for his wife who is following her first husband by a trail of credit card receipts.

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Abrams, Inc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title The Dog of the South
  • Author Portis, Charles
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition LATER PRINTING
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Abrams, Inc, New York
  • Date 2007-06-05
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4362462-6
  • ISBN 9781585679317 / 1585679313
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 5.4 x 7.9 x 0.8 in (13.72 x 20.07 x 2.03 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Humorous fiction, Married people
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99-10234
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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My wife Norma had run off with Guy Dupree and I was waiting around for the credit card billings to come in so I could see where they had gone.

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ćOne hot summer we rented this house near Austin, Tex., that was on a river with natural springs where you could swim. I found a paperback of Charles Portisď Dog of the South in the house, which Iďm ashamed to say I stole because it was so funny. I had to have it! Since then Iďve bought other copies of that book and left them at peopleďs houses in an attempt to revere the karmaĆ Arthur Bradford, New York Times Book Review

Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 06/06/2010, Page 47

About the author

Charles Portis (b. December 28, 1933, d. February 17, 2020) lived in Arkansas, where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, was the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune, and was a writer for The New Yorker. He was the author of five novels: Norwood, The Dog of the South, Masters of Atlantis, True Grit, and Gringos.

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