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by: Stephen Dobyns
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780140121551
ISBN: 0140121552
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: June 01, 1991
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 699161
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Wisdom from a dead dog
The Book-on-Tape version is read by Jonathan Marosz. Mr. Marosz has a voice to cheapen any book, but Cold Dog Soup is still a winner. It's written in real time and follows the progress of a young man named Latchmer as he struggles through a night in New York City in the company of a dead dog, a crazed cab driver and his unpleasant childhood memories. It's laugh out loud funny and not for the easily offended
Rating:  - YOU CAN LIVE THIS BOOK
A completly unique book. as I read this book it became almost unbearable because you just want it to end so you will find out what happens. The story is great and the humor keeps you going, but it is not until you finish the book and tell friends IN DETAIL the story that you realize the genius of the book.
You become the main character and your friends become the people in the book. I never have experienced this before. you can tell the DETAILED story over and over to whoever you want ... Read More
Rating: - Very Funny, Very Strange!
I have a twisted sense of humor, but I found this book hilarious! I listened to the tape in the car, and periodically had to glance around to be sure that no one saw me laughing out loud, while driving alone!
Rating:  - Different from other Dobyns books
To somebody who's read much Stephen Dobyns, that doesn't convey much information; aside from his Saratoga series, no two of Stephen Dobyns' novels are much alike. I've really liked (4 or 5 stars) the other ones I've read (a Boat off the Coast, the Wrestler's Cruel Study, the Church of Dead Girls, Boy in the Water), but this one didn't do much for me. It's not a mystery; it's funny in parts, but it's not really a comedy. There's probably something that Dobyns was trying to say in it, but if there ... Read More
Rating: - Not for everyone
This is a fairly gruesome book - w/out giving anything away it's basically the odyssey of someone trying to dispose of a dog's corpse in New York City. It's funny in a dark and perverse way (to say the least). The whole time I listened to it (on audiotape) I kept thinking I wasn't really enjoying it. Yet, that was some time ago and bits of it stick w/ me, which always seems like a good sign. I got in a cab recently w/ an unusual load in a trash bag and kept laughing thinking of the book. But it's ... Read More
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