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  • Published: 1 April 2011
  • ISBN: 9781742744728
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 128

Red Dog (film tie-in)




The story of the legend of Red Dog, the most famous red Kelpie in Western Australia.

The story of the legend of Red Dog, the most famous red Kelpie in Western Australia.

Red Dog is a West Australian, a lovable friendly red kelpie who found widespread fame as a result of his habit of travelling all over Western Australia, hitching rides over thousands of kilometres, settling in places for months at a time and adopting new families before heading off again to the next destination and another family - sometimes returning to say hello years later.

While visiting Australia, Louis de Bernieres heard the legend of Red Dog and decided to do some research on this extraordinary story. After travelling to Western Australia and meeting countless people who'd known and loved Red Dog, Louis decided to spread Red Dog's fame a little further.

The result is an utterly charming tale of an amazing dog with places to go and people to see. Red Dog will delight readers and animal lovers of all ages.

This book inspired the film, Red Dog, which has gone on to become one of Australia's highest grossing films of the past few decades.

  • Published: 1 April 2011
  • ISBN: 9781742744728
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 128

About the author

Louis de Bernières

Louis de Bernières is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter, a collection of stories Notwithstanding and a collection of poetry, Imagining Alexandria.

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