actkvm.blogg.se - Dogged Pursuit by Robert Rodi

He's also an actor, spoken-word performer, jazz singer, and the front man for the fusion rock band 7th Kind (whose CD "Sea Monster" is available on Amazon). He's also written comic books for both Vertigo and Marvel, and maintained a self-described "guerilla lit-crit" blog about Jane Austen called "Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen from the Stiffs, the Snobs, the Simps and the Saps" that has now been collected in two volumes. 'A charming, hilarious look at a little-documented world.' - People In dog years, Robert Rodi is 350. 1) Dogged pursuit: my year of competing the worlds least likely agility dog. Read Robert Rodis posts on the Penguin Blog.

While continuing to write fiction (most recently, "Baby") he's branched out into nonfiction, the better to share his enthusiasm for the world of canine agility (in "Dogged Pursuit") and all things Italian, specifically the great Tuscan horse race, the Palio ("Seven Seasons In Siena"). Robert Rodi (born 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American novelist. His first novels, which quickly gained him cult status, were deftly drawn satires of the city's gay scene ("Fag Hag," "Closet Case," "Drag Queen").

Victoria Loustalot – Plays well with words.Robert Rodi (b.1956) was born in Chicago, a town seething with literary and musical energy, and he has spent his life immersed in their currents.

The Washington Independent Review of Books.

Reprinted courtesy of Sacramento Book Review. This review was written by Joseph Arellano. Instead, it’s about learning to accept the grace that a small furry creature can bring into our lives nothing more and nothing less. The reader expects this book to be about the author and major changes in his life. But Dusty teaches him that life’s rewards are about the smallest of things: “(When Dusty’s) plunging through the tire, the velocity streaking the fur on his face and splaying his cheeks into a smile… he seems suddenly beautiful, suddenly graceful, suddenly powerful. The author comes off as more than a bit pretentious – he “prefers fine wine and Italian literature ( in Italian)” – in contrast to the life that most of us live. So, despite the reader’s fervent hopes, this is not a story that winds up in a Hoosiers or Bad News Bears-style ending. On the plus side, author Rodi is at his best when describing his love and admiration for the dog, Dusty.

It’s the “tail” of a man who adopts a scruffy Sheltie dog from a rescue pound with the hope of turning him into a pro dog circuit champion. This is an enjoyable and lighweight summer read.