When Mr Dog Bites

Brian Conaghan

Jan 2014 · A&C Black

About this ebook

Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015

Hilariously touching and outrageously unforgettable: Mark Haddon's Christopher Boone meets Holden Caulfield on one *#@! of a journey. . .

Dylan Mint has Tourette's. Being sixteen is hard enough, but Dylan's life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in – the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that seems to escape whenever he gets stressed... But a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed conversation between the doctor and his mother, Dylan discovers that he's going to die next March. So he grants himself three parting wishes or 'Cool Things To Do Before I Cack It'. But as Dylan sets out to make his wishes come true, he discovers that nothing – and no-one – is quite as he had previously supposed.

Ratings and reviews

Thank you for writing such an amazing story. I have been captivated from start to finish. Dylan and his friends are as good as real people, I can almost hear them, just out of reach beyond the edge of my hearing. Loved this book so much. Thanks again.

I enjoyed this book and read it very quickly. It is about a sixteen year old boy with terrettes and he lives with the condition. This book did not blow my ming but did nicely pass some time.

This book caught me off guard which makes it even better. Would recommend to friends

About the author

Brian Conaghan was born in 1971. He was raised in the Scottish town of Coatbridge but now lives and works as a teacher in Dublin. He is the author of The Boy Who Made It Rain and has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. Over the years Brian has made his dosh as a painter and decorator, a barman, a DJ, an actor, a teacher and now a writer. He currently lives in Dublin with two beauties who hinder his writing: his wife Orla and daughter Rosie.
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