I borrowed Dogs because the title sounded familiar. Somewhere deep within the recesses of my mind, I had read about the book before. In the Amazon great reads list by readers would be my guess.
The book was surprisingly beautiful.
The concept of Carolyn Parkhurst's debut novel is original enough.After his wife, Lexy dies from falling from a tree, linguistics Professor Paul Iverson becomes obsessed with finding out the truth from the sole eye witness of the event - his Rhodesian Ridgeback Dog, Lorelei.
So begins his journey of self-discovery as he tries to teach his dog to 'communicate' through typewriters and flashcards, in the hope he can understand what exactly happened to his wife. He meets with little success and finally turns to his mentor for help where he learns the dark ugly truth.
What's so compelling about the novel is that interpersed between chapters of his progress with Lorelei, the author takes us on a flashback, first person account of what happened in the past.We learn that his wife is a patient of depression and as the novel progress, it becomes so filled with twists and turns , it is impossible to stop reading.
The story reads like a CSI narrative with Lexy leaving clues to her death in everyday things. And as he unravels the clues one by one is, he becomes one step closer to understanding what happened in her last days.
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