The Labrador Pact, Matt Haig
The Labrador Pact, Matt Haig
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The Labrador Pact

Author: Matt Haig

Narrator: Simon Jones

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2008


Synopsis

The story of a family in crisis and the loyal dog that holds them together, from the witty, imaginative author of The Dead Fathers Club. The Hunters—Adam, Kate, and their children Hal and Charlotte—are a typical family, with typical concerns: work, money, love, and the trials of adolescence. What sets them apart is Prince, their black labrador.

Prince is an earnest and determined young dog. He strives to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact: Duty Over All. Other dogs, led by the springer spaniels, have revolted, but Prince takes his responsibilities seriously. As things in the Hunter family begin to go awry—marital breakdown, rowdy teenage parties, attempted suicide—he uses every canine resource to keep the clan together.

In the end, Prince must choose: the family or the Pact? His decision may cost him everything.

Wry, perceptive, and heartbreaking, The Labrador Pact is a cunning and original take on domestic life, with an improbably poignant narrator.

About Matt Haig

Matt Haig is the internationally bestselling writer of five novels, including The Humans and The Radleys. He has also written award-winning children's books. Matt's work has been translated into thirty languages. Reasons to Stay Alive, a bestseller in the U.K. since its publication, is his first work of nonfiction.


Reviews

Okay, buy why u gotta rip out my heart like that, Matt Haig????......more

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre: Contemporary + Fantasy Elements This is my second book by Matt Haig. I have read The Humans some time ago and loved it. I didn’t love this as that one but still, it was an interesting read because the main character and narrator is a Labrador dog! This is a small family dog (Princ......more

Goodreads review by Tim

This interesting book is the second adult novel from Mr. Haig, the author of the excellent and heartbreaking Dead Father's Club. The Labrador Pact is told exclusively from the point of view of a labrador named Prince, and the book details Prince's efforts to save his human family from being broken u......more

I wasn't sure when I started this and realised it was written from the dog's point of view if I'd like the book but it turned out to be quite a sweet tale full of twists and turns. Even though the book is humorous it does cover a lot of more serious events such as the breakdown of a marriage, death a......more