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Doggy Style

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"Doggy Style" is not only a light and enjoyable read, it is perfect capture of the current "Zeitgeist" these days in Manhattan, where pampered dogs have banished the babies and other tiny humans to the sesame streets of Brooklyn.

Doggy Style breaks down the sex life and romantic escapades of your typical 21st century manhattan power couple, and presents it through the eyes of an adopted, hyper-intelligent mutt - Miles. Miles is the ultimate metrosexual, and his take on the sex lives of his human masters is fantastic and lovely social commentary.

Yet "Doggie Style" also shows us the dark side of the new New York, and that even the seemingly oblivious spoiled dog on the sidewalk might trump any paranoic new yorker.

This book is certainly a great thing for the legions of wacko New York dog worshippers, but is also a real New York book.

Miles, like his womanizing, crackhead, trumpet playing namesake, is a true new yorker. After reading this book, your outings in Central Park (if you are a new yorker) will never be the same, and every East Side couple with their pampered little dog will bring a smile to your lips.

Emily Dickinson once said that dogs "are better than human beings because they know but they do not tell." Well, someone apparently neglected to tell this to Miles, the foul-mouthed mutt who happens to be the narrator of Doggy Style. Plucked from an animal shelter by Bob and Jen, Miles provides an outrageously engaging play-by-play commentary on the ups and downs of their relationship. Everything is seen from the dog's perspective, giving the story an innovative and amusing twist. For Miles, nothing is off-limits, including the couple's bedroom activities. And since Miles is the canine equivalent of a wiseguy, the comments are often priceless. While dog lovers will eat this book up, its appeal is much broader. I'm not even a dog person and I thought it was fantastically witty and original. This one will leave you howling out loud.

In Manhattan, Jen and Bob stop at an animal shelter where they meet Miles a street smart half-Chihuahua, half-dachshund, who cannot understand how a charming intelligent pooch like him is stuck in a ragged cage that houses the masses. The human couple like the unkempt Miles so seeing a hand or four to feed him he adopts them as his pets.

Jen and Bob live in different parts of town as both fears the next step in their relationship due to each already having a divorce on their personal résumé from previous partners. When Jen believes that Bob is making it with actress Valerie, who Miles introduced him to when they were walking together, the couple breaks up as he cannot deal with her jealousy. They agree to share custody of Miles as they see others while their canine plots to bring his two owners back together as joint custody several miles apart is hard on his paws.

From a dog's perspective, this is a lighthearted Manhattan romance starring two veterans of the divorce wars and the matchmaking canine who cannot comprehend their behavior. Readers will agree that WC Fields is proven right as you do not perform with pets as they steal the show, which Miles does. Though Mile's woofing can become an overbite, fans of romance, DOGGY STYLE, will enjoy the amusing gender battle with a likable canine peacekeeper.

Harriet Klausner

Many books have poked fun at the complexities of urban relationships, especially the ones that happen in the big apple. But Doggy Style is truly a riot-- portraying the relationship of a Manhattan couple going through their crazy ups and downs, as seen through the eyes and ears of a magnetic mutt! You certainly don't have to be a dog lover to love this one. In fact, you won't want to put it down. And when you finish, you'll be howling for more!

This is a great little number for those of us who like dogs, NYC and dating. It's a fresh view of sex, the city, men, women & canines (& what makes them tick) seen through the eyes of the dog Miles. He has very good nose for a story and tells it well, charting Bob & Jen's will-they-won't-they romance against the everyday grind of making it in the big Apple and the push and pull of fidelity versus lust (and yes Miles gets his pooch in the end...)

A refreshing change from most romances with a dash of hard-headed reality in it and a good excuse to give the doggy in your life a big hug. Go buy it!

Well written for what it is--chick lit.--i.e. a humorous tale of life and love. If you enjoy this kind of writing, you'll probably like this.