A delightful book filled with stories about Red Dog.

I'd already seen the 2011 simarly titled film before I even bought this book, so I was aware of who Red Dog was.

Although I very much liked it, this is not a book I would recommend to anyone who hates it when animals get ascribed thoughts or feelings. As a cat "owner" I don't mind this at all, since I do similar things to them, filling in their opinions as if they think like human beings.

I love Red Dog and what he meant to that area of Western Australia. Also, I want to have a dog now, although maybe not one that farts as much as Red Dog.

A very sweet and touching story that shows off that quintessential Australian outback spirit and the love of a community (or rather, several!) for a dog. Louis de Bernieres gives Red such a poignant yet utterly believable voice that Red Dog will make you grin, giggle and gasp. Read in one sitting - loved it - read it!

I definitely wouldn’t recommend Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres. I didn’t have high hopes for it, as I was assigned to read it for school. It was practically impossible to slog through the exaggerated stereotypes and shallow characters. There is absolutely no plot to string it together, as each chapter is a separate story of Red Dog (yes, that’s actually his name) “journeying” around an oversimplified, stereotypical representation of Australia. It starts off with him and his owners (who Red Dog will soon abandon) moving from the tiny, outback town of Paraburdoo to the tiny, outback town of Dampier. Red Dog is soon adopted by the new town’s residents – who are all either tough, rough bogans or dimwitted sheilas. And as soon as Red Dog finally finds John, a companion he likes enough to stay with for more than a few days, what happens? He dies. The rest of the book shows a clueless Red Dog spending over half his life hopelessly looking for a dead master. The last few chapters should have been terribly sad, but I had zero connection to the dying Red Dog, so I wasn’t affected at all. Overall, this unrealistic and boring book is not worth the effort of reading.

Listened to this as an audio book whilst on a road trip up the west coast of Australia. The surroundings, along with the fact that we had just recently lost our dog Sam (at a ripe old age of 20), this book was just beautiful to me...I fell in love with red dog and his story. It made me laugh and also had me in tears. Anyone who has had a dog and likes a bit of Australiana, read this.