Started Early, Took My Dog

Author(s): Kate Atkinson

October Highlights 2010

Started Early, Took My Dog opens with a kidnapping and the casual purchase of a neglected child for £3,000 in cash. A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn't bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. Witnesses to Tracy's Faustian exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie who has returned to his home county in search of someone else's roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished. Kate Atkinson dovetails and counterpoints her plots with Dickensian brilliance in a tale peopled with unlikely heroes and villains. Started Early, Took My Dog is freighted with wit, wisdom and a fierce moral intelligence. It confirms Kate Atkinson's position as one of the great writers of our time. First published 2010.

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Kate Atkinson's most recent novel, When Will There Be Good News? was voted Richard & Judy Book Best Read of the Year. After Case Histories and One Good Turn, it was her third novel to feature the former private detective Jackson Brodie, who makes a welcome return in Started Early, Took My Dog. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize for her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and has been a critically acclaimed international bestselling author ever since.

General Fields

  • : 9780385616997
  • : Transworld Publishers Limited
  • : Doubleday
  • : 0.465
  • : July 2010
  • : 234mm X 156mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kate Atkinson
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 823.914
  • : very good
  • : 399