The Art of Racing in the Rain is not just a story about a dog, it is a story of human lives struck with joy, tragedy, failure, success, setbacks and the ultimate triumph over incredible adversity. RELATED: Review: How to be Both - Ali Smith And while testing times lie ahead for Enzo’s master, his faithful friend remains loyal and steadfast throughout, reinforcing the widely-held notion that dogs truly are a man’s best friend. What follows is a compelling story with an almighty twist that changes the events of Denny’s life as he knows it. And while he might be restricted to gestures alone, those gestures offer his family more support than they fully realize, particularly in the aftermath of Denny’s wife’s illness. While I wasn’t exactly sure how the tale would work – being narrated by a dog as it were – Enzo’s loveable and loyal nature makes for a unique telling of what turned out to be the best book I’ve read by a country mile this year.Įarly on in the book, we learn that Enzo has a goal: to finish his life as a dog so that he can come back as a human, and no longer have to rely on gestures to communicate. But in this life he also has a purpose: to protect and support his master and his family as they experience a series of trials and tribulations. Written from the point of view of Enzo the dog, who belongs to aspiring race car driver Denny, his wife and young daughter, The Art of Racing in the Rain draws its reader in from the get go.
I went on something of a blue-book splurge, and The Art of Racing in the Rain was one of the books that made the purchase pile. I can’t remember when I first heard about the book, suffice it to say, however, that the cover was a familiar one when I happened upon it in Byron. It would, of course, be a God-awful pun to say that I raced through Garth Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain, but it too, would be undeniably true.
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