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The Dogs
The Dogs
Author: Robert Calder
College professor finds abandoned pup,unaware that at an experimental canine development lab has a very specially bred pup is missing. One day the dog reverts to his primal nature, what follows is a cataclysm of terror that sweeps a country side and becomes professor's private hell.
ISBN: 470363
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 218
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Publisher: Delacorte Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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kyp avatar reviewed The Dogs on + 62 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I read this book when I first got it, more than 20 years ago. I enjoyed it, and thought I would some day re-read it, but so many other books sit waiting to be read the first time. But details of the story, I cannot give you, therefore, I'm quoting from the book cover -----

'Every now and then a book comes along that is so dramatic, so powerful and shocking that you know you will never forget it. The Dogs by Robert Calder, is one of those books.

In a small New England town, a divorced college professor named Alex Bauer finds an abandoned pup, takes it into his home and grows to love it -- unaware that at an experimental canine development installation a hundred miles away a very specially bred pup is missing.

Then one day the dog revert to his primal nature.

What follows is a cataclysm of terror that sweeps a countryside and becomes Alex Bauer's private hell; a chilling tale that grips the reader with a shock of recognition that reverbrrates long past the final page . . . not because it could happen, but because it is happening. Now!'

'Robert Calder is the pseudonym of a prolific, award winning author, and dog authority. He lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife, children and dogs.'
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Pretty typical horror story, that got a bit graphic in some places. Very well written (though predictable) ending.


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