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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
by: Alexandra Fuller

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780330490191
ISBN: 0330490192
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Pages: 300
Publication Date: January 03, 2003
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador
Sales Rank: 540000

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Alexandra Fuller was the daughter of white settlers in 1970s war-torn Rhodesia. "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" is a memoir of that time, when a schoolgirl was as likely to carry a shotgun as a satchel. Fuller tells a story of civil war; of a quixotic battle against nature and loss; and of her family's unbreakable bond with a continent which came to define, shape, scar and heal them. In wry and sometimes hilarious prose, she looks back with rage and love at an extraordinary family and an extraordinary time. 'Like Frank McCourt, Fuller writes with devastating humour and directness about desperate circumstances ...tender, remarkable' - "Daily Telegraph".'A book that deserves to be read for generations' - "Guardian". 'Perceptive, generous, political, tragic, funny, stamped through with a passionate love for Africa ...[Fuller] has a faultless hotline to her six-year-old self' - "Independent". 'This enchanting book is destined to become a classic of Africa and of childhood' - "Sunday Times". 'Wonderful book ...a vibrantly personal account of growing up in a family every bit as exotic as the continent which seduced it ...the Fuller family itself [is] delivered to the reader with a mixture of toughness and heart which renders its characters unforgettable' - "Scotsman". 'Her prose is fierce, unsentimental, sometimes puzzled, and disconcertingly honest ...it is Fuller's clear vision, even of the most unpalatable facts, that gives her book its strength. It deserves to find a place alongside Olive Schreiner, Karen Blixen and Doris Lessing' - "Sunday Telegraph".

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Wonderful story, well told and narrated
Alexandra Fuller tells a story about growing up in farms in Zimbabwe as it became independent and then in Malawi as her parents worked to make a living among expats and natives. She went to a white school which emptied out of the white students at independence and then filled with the black children of the neighborhood. They had a servant who was a gifted tracker. She was invited into the home of a very poor black family. As a child she was able to see and do things the adults couldn't. Alexandra has a wonderful recall of the details of childhood.
Lisette Lecat has a perfectly clear and delightful voice with a British accent that makes hearing the details a pleasure.

Rating:

- Leaves much to be desired
I have to say, I was certainly looking forward to reading this book, having heard much about it from family and friends (I'm from Zimbabwe). Perhaps it is the fact that I am not a white Zimbabwean, but from the first pages, I had a bitter taste in my mouth. I admired the writing, but that was about it. The overwhelming impression that we had of whites growing up in Zim became manifest in this book, and I was transported back to those days. The most disturbing thing for me was the lack of remorse...no, redemption, by the author. She would relay stories about her racist parents, her upbringing and such, and did not transmit any sense that all this was not right, not humane. Strange how the same words can be read by different people and evoke such divergent responses.

Rating:

- Dogs Audio CD
Alexandra Fuller is such a talented writer. I have read "Dogs" twice as it reminds me of my own African childhood. I have given it to friends who have loved it, so I decided it was time to listen to it on audio CD. I enjoyed it tremendously. Lisette Lecat's accents are wonderful and I could picture a young Bobo Fuller even more vividly than when I'd read the book. I found myself laughing in my car at times and couldn't wait to get back into the car so I could continue listening to Bobo's fascinating childhood story. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I am currently listening to Scribbling The Cat on audio CD.

Rating:

- Excellent!!
I could hardly put this book down. It's the memoirs of a British girl growing up in Africa. Her story is absolutely fascinating. Highly recommended

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