Fifteen Dogs, Alexis, Andre. Published by Coach House Press, Toronto, ON, 2015. First Edition, Second printing. Signed on title page by author. Kirkus Review on front with no labels. Card covers. 167pp. Tiny rub to top corner and otherwise book is in fine, unread condition.
” I wonder”, said Hermes, “what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.”
” I’ll wager a year’s servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence.”
And so it begins: a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic.
André Alexis is a multi-award winning Canadian writer.
