The Last Cry From the Wild: Essays on People and Dogs

Sound reason goes against getting a dog. Why do so many of us lose our rational thinking? Trying to explain this is the point of departure for Brussels-based Swedish journalist Emily von Sydow in her new collection of essays about her life among dogs, dog lovers, dog haters, and observations from travels in Europe with dogs. She tries to answer the following questions: How could a spaniel puppy have stopped the war in Iraq? What good does the dog-created chaos inflict on a prim and proper f...