My Epileptic Lurcher

Index

About Des Dillon

Extract

Video Clip

Other Titles by Des Dillon

Bailey

Dogs Trust

Buy a Copy

Luath Home

 

'Dogs love you; end of story.'

Manny Riley is a recovering alcoholic and a struggling script writer with a serious anger management problem. Lately though, things have started to change for the better. A happy marriage, a move away from Glasgow to an idyllic seaside village and the adoption of Bailey, a lurcher with epilepsy.
He'll soon find that these changes only open up a whole new world of things he'll have to face up to. And he has to do it all without loosing his temper. 

Dogs Trust

For every copy of this book sold, a percentage of the profit will be donated to the Dogs Trust, campaigning for dog-welfare related issues to ensure a safe and happy future for dogs in the UK. Please give generously to Dogs Trust or any animal welfare charities to find good homes for all of Britain's abandoned pets.

'Written in a vernacular style that is raw, immediate and affecting, My Epileptic Lurcher vividly evokes the vibrant, Scots-Irish storytelling tradition from which Dillon emerged.'
THE BIG ISSUE

Further Praise for Des Dillon...

'Should be made available on the National Health, such is the unstoppable ebullience'
THE SCOTSMAN

'Dillonesque slices of life, astute observations on reality, emotionally and physically direct, but also touching and laced with a strong element of humour and populated by characters and situations which engage the reader and take you on a rollercoaster ride' DGB LIFE

'Dillon is a talented writer who knows the urban Scots-Irish community from which he comes' SUNDAY HERALD