Francis King
Canine Comforts
An admired critic friend of mine, so tough that he will give even friends’ books savage reviews if he thinks that they deserve them, told me that this memoir of the lives and eventual deaths of two dogs had moved him to tears. When I was living in Japan, I at one time housed no fewer than five strays, but I must confess that, though from time to time it moved me profoundly, Mark Doty’s narrative certainly never reduced me to that same state.
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