Larry and the Dog People

Larry MacCabe is a man who needs people more than most ... the problem for Larry is that most people have little need for him.

Larry MacCabe is a retired academic, a widower, and until a chance meeting with the administrator of a care home, also friendless.  At her suggestion he adopts a Basset Hound and joins her one Saturday at Georgetown’s Volta Park.  He becomes a regular visitor, and for the first time in his life the member of a gang.  While his new companions prepare for the annual Blessing of the Animals service on the Feast Day of St Francis, Larry puts the finishing touches to a conference paper he’s due to present in Jerusalem and arranges a house-sitter.  Neither the service nor his visit to Israel go to plan, and on his return Larry is charged with conspiring to blow up a church and complicity in the deaths of four people.  All that stands between him and conviction is a personal injury lawyer – and things for Larry aren’t looking good...

'Deftly handled with an offbeat humour and a deal of worldly compassion' - Jon Wise, Sunday Sport

'J Paul Henderson is someone to watch out for' - The Bookbag

'If The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared was a book you enjoyed then I'm sure this book will delight and entertain you just as much.' - Library Thing