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Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue
Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue by André Alexis, presented here in the 2025 tenth anniversary revised edition from Coach House Books. This hardcover first printing of the second edition includes a foreword by Eileen Myles and an afterword by Alexis. It is flat signed by André Alexis directly on the title page, with no personalization visible.
The novel begins with a wager between Hermes and Apollo that gives human consciousness and language to fifteen dogs staying at a Toronto veterinary clinic. As the dogs confront thought, loyalty, freedom, love, and mortality, their transformed pack becomes the centre of an imaginative and affecting exploration of what intelligence means for happiness.
Fifteen Dogs won the 2015 Giller Prize and the 2015 Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and was selected as the winner of CBC Canada Reads in 2017. This anniversary edition revisits the acclaimed novel in slightly revised form and adds new introductory and concluding material.
Brand New hardcover with dust jacket, as stated by the seller. The photographed black cloth boards, orange wraparound jacket or band, title page, and copyright page appear clean, with no specific damage or markings identified in the supplied views. Please check all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.
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Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue by André Alexis, presented here in the 2025 tenth anniversary revised edition from Coach House Books. This hardcover first printing of the second edition includes a foreword by Eileen Myles and an afterword by Alexis. It is flat signed by André Alexis directly on the title page, with no personalization visible.
The novel begins with a wager between Hermes and Apollo that gives human consciousness and language to fifteen dogs staying at a Toronto veterinary clinic. As the dogs confront thought, loyalty, freedom, love, and mortality, their transformed pack becomes the centre of an imaginative and affecting exploration of what intelligence means for happiness.
Fifteen Dogs won the 2015 Giller Prize and the 2015 Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and was selected as the winner of CBC Canada Reads in 2017. This anniversary edition revisits the acclaimed novel in slightly revised form and adds new introductory and concluding material.
Brand New hardcover with dust jacket, as stated by the seller. The photographed black cloth boards, orange wraparound jacket or band, title page, and copyright page appear clean, with no specific damage or markings identified in the supplied views. Please check all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.
