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The Dogs of Babel (Today Show Book Club #12)

2 Ratings: 5.0

A book by Carolyn Parkhurst

The quirky premise of Carolyn Parkhurst's debut novel,The Dogs of Babel, is original enough: after his wife Lexy dies after falling from a tree, linguistics professor Paul Iverson becomes obsessed with teaching their dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback named … see full wiki

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Author: Carolyn Parkhurst

Publisher: Little, Brown

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review by tanyarenea. August 10, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Phenomenal Read

I was so very doubtful when I first picked up this book. A man is trying to teach his dog to speak because his dog is the only witness to his wife's death? Seriously? I did not have high hopes, but I had just finished Carolyn Parkhurst's latest novel, The Nobodies Album, and loved it. Guess what, people? I loved The Dogs of Babel even more. This book is thought-provoking, evocative, and hard to put down. As the lead character searches for the truth about his wife's … more

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review by gingerblue. June 11, 2003

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Beautiful and tragic

5 stars "The Dogs of Babel" is about Paul Iverson, a linguist at a local university who meets and quickly marries a young artist named Lexy Ransome. She is everything to him- she brings light and color to his dull, academic life. The two have a seemingly happy and passionate marriage until one day Lexy mysteriously falls from a tree and is mortally injured. The only witness to the incident is the couple's dog, Lorelai and Paul, in his grief and desperation, decides he is going to make … more

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