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Heartwarming and profound, this account of one writer’s relationship with his beloved German Shepherd is “one of the bonafide dog-lit classics” (New Yorker) The distinguished British man of letters J. R. Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when, well into middle age, he came into possession of a German Shepherd. To his surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life, the “ideal friend” he had been searching for in vain for years. My Dog Tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of their sixteen-year companionship, as well as a profound and subtle meditation on the strangeness that lies at the heart of all relationships. In vivid and sometimes startling detail, Ackerley tells of Tulip’s often erratic behavior and very canine tastes, and of his own fumbling but determined efforts to ensure for her an existence of perfect happiness. My Dog Tulip was adapted for the screen as a major animated feature film with a cast that includes the voices of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, and Isabella Rossellini. Heralded as “a stroke of genius" by New York Magazine and “the love story of the year” by Vanity Fair, it is a masterpiece of animal literature that is sure to touch the hearts of anyone who has found companionship with their own four-legged friend.

Frank, un hombre solitario de mediana edad, ha sido amante y protector de Johnny, el hijo de su asistenta. Sin embargo, su relación se ha debilitado desde que Johnny se casó con Megan, una mujer posesiva. Cuando Johnny es encarcelado, su madre recurre a Frank, quien vuelve a asumir su papel de protector, ayudando económicamente a la familia y esperando poder visitar a Johnny en prisión. Durante una de esas visitas, conoce a Evie, un hermoso cachorro de pastor alemán que Johnny compró antes de ser apresado. La conexión entre Frank y Evie es instantánea, y su bienestar se convierte en el centro de una lucha silenciosa llena de rencores y malentendidos de clase, así como de la posesión del inalcanzable Johnny. Tras el éxito de su obra "Hindoo Holiday" en 1932, J. R. Ackerley no volvió a publicar durante más de veinte años, alegando falta de imaginación. Sin embargo, en los años cincuenta, Ackerley, un homosexual solitario que frecuentaba urinarios y pubs, compró una perra con la que viviría lo que él describió como "los quince años más felices de mi vida". Esta relación singular inspiró una de las novelas más perfectas y singulares de la literatura inglesa contemporánea, una amarga y divertida fábula para adultos.

In the 1920s, a young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal Secretary to the maharajah of a small principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and the shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place.