Dog Boy'In exploring what it might be like to be a dog from a human perspective, Dog Boy sheds much light on what it is like to be human. Utterly compelling and believable' Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi 'A involving, careful book, marked out by a rare sympathy for the natural world ... It offers, also, a frightening and edifying insight into the barbaric systems of contemporary Russia' Telegraph Four-year-old Romochka is left alone in a dark, empty Moscow apartment. After a few days, hunger drives him outside, where he sees a large, yellow dog loping past and follows her to her lair on the outskirts of the city. During the seasons that follow, Romochka changes from a boy into something far wilder. He learns to see in the dark, attack enemies with tooth and claw, and understand the strict pack code. But when he begins to hunt in the city, the world of human beings, it is only a matter of time before the authorities take an interest... |
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Anton Makarenko arms began belly Black Dog Black Sister body bomzhi breathing Brown Brother centre child chka clan clean close clothes club cold corner couldn’t dark didn’t Dmitry Dmitry's dog’s dogboy door ears everything eyes face feeling felt filled fingers floor forest Golden Bitch grabbed Grey Brother growled hair hands head held huge human hunt inside kids knew lair lane Laurentia legs licked looked Mamochka Marko metro metro station militzia mother mountain mouth move Natalya neck nest never nose pulled Puppy Puppy’s rat shot Romo Romochka rubbish scrabbled scrambled screamed side silent Sister and Grey sleep smell smile snarled sniffed snow stared station stood stopped strange Strangers street street dogs suddenly tail teeth things thought trail tried trotted turned Uncle voice waited walked wall wanted warm waste lands watched White Sister wriggled yelped