Narrow Dog To Carcassonne by Terry Darlington

Narrow Dog To Carcassonne by Terry Darlington

When they retired, Terry and Monica Darlington decided to sail their canal narrow boat across the Channel and down to the Mediterranean, together with their whippet Jim. They took advice from experts, who said they would die, together with their whippet Jim. Aliens, vandals, and the walking dead all stand between three innocents and their goal.

A richly atmospheric journey suffused with summer heat and occasional cabin fever, reaching its climax on the flamingo-studded inland sea of the Camargue.. The writing is as muscular and lean as its canine hero, conjuring up dawn mist or giant catfish in prose haiku before moving on to the next killer one-liner... A rich and winning comic debut, destined to become a classic of the downshifting genre * Sunday Telegraph *
A stunning book - racy, chatty, touching and very, very funny -- Joanna Lumley
The most amazing canal journey of them all * Daily Mail *
One of my favourite books of the year -- Emma Soames * Saga Magazine *
An astonishing read -- Libby Purves * Radio 4 Midweek *

Terry Darlington was brought up in Pembroke Dock during the war, between a Sunderland flying boat base and an oil terminal.

He survived and moved to Staffordshire, where he founded Research Associates, the international market research firm, and Stone Master Marathoners, the running club.

Like many Welshmen he is talkative and confiding, but ill at ease with practical matters and liable to linger in public houses.

He likes boating but knows nothing about it.


Monica Darlington comes from Radnorshire.Her father was a gardener and her mother a housemaid, or perhaps it was the other way round.

She has a first class degree in French, has run thirty marathons, and can leap tall buildings with a single bound.

Her three children have all reproduced themselves, removing doubts about whether she and Terry are the same species.

She quite likes boating but knows nothing about it.

Brynula Great Expectations (Jim) is sprung from a long line of dogs with ridiculous names.

Jim can run at forty miles an hour.He is cowardly, thieving, and disrespectful and hates boating.

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ISBN 13	9780553816693
ISBN 10	0553816691
Title	Narrow Dog To Carcassonne
Author	Terry Darlington
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2006-05-03
Number of pages	432
Prizes	Short-listed for Saga Award for Wit 2005
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.