The Dog of the South
The Dog of the South
book by Charles Portis
Themes: absurdity, masculinity, failure, wandering, identity
Reading status: Read
These are reflections and marginalia from my encounters with this book, focused more on what proved memorable than on plot summary.
wild and unruly
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He thinks things no one else thinks
The Dog of the South by Charles Portis
I asked him if he was going to British Honduras on vacation and he said, 'Vacation! Do you think I'm the kind of man who takes vacations?'