The Dog of the South

Everybody’s either neurotic or unlikeable or both. The dialog is brilliant, the humour ironic, deadpan and dry – don’t look for belly laughs. This’ll work for anyone who still hankers for the good old days, the exhilaration of hittin’ the road in a beat up clunker held together with coat hangers and......more

When I say something is funny and you say something is funny, I'm usually not sure if our funnies are congruous—or even related, really. For instance, I've been told (by 'them') that The Hangover was a great American comedy, but I'll be honest with you... there were more honest-to-goshness laughs in......more

A test of patience? A proof of silliness? Pick your favorite. MISLEADING TITLE Certainly after that I read the excellent novel True Grit (See my review about that book HERE) I decided that I wanted to read more books by Charles Portis. I even do some research about their books and while I found......more

Reading this whole novel was a displacement activity – I’m supposed to be reading the Cormac McCarthy masterpiece Blood Meridian according to my Currently Reading list here. But that’s so grim, so very grim, that I found myself idly picking up The Dog of the South and after the first page I found my......more

The Dog of the South: You Can't Always Get What You Want Jack became solemn and he began to pose rhetorical questions, 'What is everybody looking for?' he said. Norma didn't hesitate; she said everybody was looking for love. I gave the question some thought and then declared that everybody was lookin......more