There Is No Dog
Meg Rosoff
There Is No Dog
And Bob created the heavens and the earth
and the beasts of the field
and the creatures of the sea,
and twenty-five million other species
including lots and lots of gorgeous girls.
And all of this, he created in just six days.
Six days!
Congratulations, Bob!
No wonder Earth is such a mess.
4.1 out of 5 based on 5 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
General Fiction, Children's & Teenage |
| Format |
Hardcover |
| Pages |
256 |
| RRP |
£12.99 |
| Date of Publication |
August 2011 |
| ISBN |
978-0141327167 |
| Publisher |
Puffin |
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And Bob created the heavens and the earth
and the beasts of the field
and the creatures of the sea,
and twenty-five million other species
including lots and lots of gorgeous girls.
And all of this, he created in just six days.
Six days!
Congratulations, Bob!
No wonder Earth is such a mess.
Reviews
The Times
Amanda Craig
“Profoundly funny, it’s a masterpiece and not to be missed”
02/07/2011
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The Guardian
Anthony McGowan
“There really isn't another young-adult novel like There Is No Dog, but that very uniqueness made me strive to find parallels. I was reminded of Muriel Spark's The Hothouse by the East River, although Rosoff is a warmer and more forgiving writer than Spark. There is something of Kurt Vonnegut's intellectual playfulness, while the scenes set among the gods are pure Evelyn Waugh. But in the end, this is a novel as hard to pin down and categorise as another of those Greek gods – Proteus. One must simply revel in the joyful singularity of Rosoff's latest masterpiece.”
12/08/2011
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The Guardian
Geraldine Brennan
“... spine-tingling weirdness ...”
21/07/2011
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The Daily Mail
Sally Morris
“One of the most exciting things about Rosoff is that she takes risks and never more so than in this funny, original novel”
12/08/2011
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The Independent
Nicholas Tucker
“This intelligent and at times angry satire works well until the last few pages, where too much happens too quickly. Bob as a character is also so irredeemingly unpleasant that his company can be hard work ... edgy, uncomfortable but memorable ...”
05/09/2011
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