The Dog of the South
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Charles Portis. (2005). The Dog of the South. Unabridged Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Charles Portis. 2005. The Dog of the South. Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Charles Portis, The Dog of the South. Blackstone Audio, Inc, 2005.

Charles Portis. The Dog of the South. Unabridged Blackstone Audio, Inc, 2005.

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     Charles Portis lives in Arkansas, where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. As a reporter, he wrote for the New York Herald-Tribune and was also its London bureau chief. His first novel, Norwood, was published in 1966. His other novels are True Grit, Masters of Atlantis, The Dog of the South, and Gringos.

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Ray Midge is waiting for his credit card bill to arrive. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray's cards, shotgun, and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they've gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romantic couple's spending from Arkansas, down to Mexico, and into Honduras. Along the way Ray meets Dr. Reo Symes, a seemingly down-on-his-luck and rather eccentric owner of a beaten up and broken down bus—"The Dog of the South." This crazily optimistic dreamer is obsessed with secret knowledge, and one John Selmer Dix, the elusive writer of inspirational books for salesmen, needs a ride to Belize. The further they drive, in a car held together by coat-hangers and excesses of oil, the wilder their journey gets. But they're not going to give up easily.

Portis spins an extraordinary novel that addresses with comic eloquence the deep longing of the American psyche for things just to make some sense.

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   • content: In this comic novel by the author of TRUE GRIT, a quixotic Arkansas fussbudget pursues his wife and her lover after they abscond with his car and credit card. Herein one find the author's storied gift for humorous embellishment, characterization, and regional dialogue--all of which are served up in crisply brisk tones by Edward Lewis. The punctilious accuracy and starchy introversion that make Lewis so satisfying in nonfiction serve him less well here. He does a workmanlike job, albeit stiffly, without much aiding or hindering the chuckles. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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Ray Midge is waiting for his credit card bill to arrive. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray's cards, shotgun, and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they've gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romantic couple's spending from Arkansas, down to Mexico, and into Honduras. Along the way Ray meets Dr. Reo Symes, a seemingly down-on-his-luck and rather eccentric owner of a beaten up and broken down bus—"The Dog of the South." This crazily optimistic dreamer is obsessed with secret knowledge, and one John Selmer Dix, the elusive writer of inspirational books for salesmen, needs a ride to Belize. The further they drive, in a car held together by coat-hangers and excesses of oil, the wilder their journey gets. But they're not going to give up easily.

Portis spins an extraordinary novel that addresses with comic eloquence the deep longing of the American psyche for things...

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