Book review: Even The Dogs by Jon McGregor
Even The Dogs. Jon McGregor. Bloomsbury, £12.99.
Examiner Live
EVEN The Dogs tells of a group of friends who are struggling to survive.
When one of them – Robert – is found dead in his squalid flat the rest of the gang struggle to come to terms with their loss. But they are rather unusual mourners, as they are all drug addicts or alcoholics.
Danny finds Robert partially decomposed. He can't tell the police as he may put himself under suspicion and, more importantly to him, he needs a fix.
This book is terribly sad, but touching in parts. The disjointed style of writing which meanders through characters' thoughts makes the way the story is told realistic.
SARAH O'MEARA
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