Not long before Markus Zusak completed his book tour for his chart-topping novel, The Book Thief, he and his wife decided to adopt a dog languishing at the local pound. Then another. And finally, after the first pair eventually died, a third. All three were so-called “difficult dogs”: “Gangsters, gunmen. Soldiers,” he writes. “ADHD on legs.” In this debut memoir, Zusak tells the story of his writing and family life through these beasts who were indefatigable perpetrators of lawlessness and intimidation—but still worthy of love.
Not long before Markus Zusak completed his book tour for his chart-topping novel, The Book Thief, he and his wife decided to adopt a dog languishing at the local pound. Then another. And finally, after the first pair eventually died, a third. All three were…
