Dog

’”Dog is a novel full of deft humour and escalating tenderness - a tale about misfits, human and canine, and the currents of hope and courage that bring them together.“’ - Ross Raisin, author of God’s Own Country and A Hunger“A beautiful coming-of-age tale of a young man who finds genuine purpose in the most unlikely of places, Dog is both laugh-out-loud funny and quietly devastating. Full of fantastic characters that wouldn’t be out of place in a Shane Meadows movie, Rob Perry brings to life a corner of British life rarely covered in fiction. Funny, heartbreaking, lyrical and exciting, if you’re looking for the next big thing in 2024, Dog will be your new best friend.” - Owen Nicholls, author of Love, Unscripted

Rob Perry was born in 1987. He is a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing program. In 2020, his novel Dog was shortlisted and highly commended in the Peggy Chapman Andrews First Novel Award. In 2019 he was selected for the National Centre for Writing’s Escalator programme. He’s been shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Fish Short Story Prize. He won the Nottingham Short Story Prize and was first runner-up in the Moth International Short Story Prize and The Winston Fletcher Memorial Prize. Rob was a copywriter for several years, and has worked as a firefighter and a weightlifting coach. He lives in the Peak District.