This is an auction for THE COWBOY DOG by Nigel Cox.

"The Cowboy Dog is possibly the greatest of Cox's novels, and certainly the equal of the best of them. It's at once a compulsive, easy read, and an extremely demanding one: the first because of Cox's astonishing narrative voice, and the second because of the subtlety and complexity of his story...I've read some wonderful books this year, but I haven't read a better book than this."

• THE LISTENER

"...it would be stating the obvious to say I think everyone should read this book, and that it?'s one of the best and cleverest I'?ve ever read."

• Kathy Hunter, LEAFSALON

"I shed a few tears both during and after my reading of The Cowboy Dog. It obviously resonated with me."

• Ian Williams OTAGO DAILY TIMES

From Wikipedia:

"Nigel Cox (1951–2006) was a New Zealand author and museum director, with five novels published as of early 2006... His first two novels, Waiting for Einstein (1984) and Dirty Work (1987) were both written while he was working in bookstores in Wellington and Auckland. Both these novels have Wellington settings. For Dirty Work, Cox was awarded the Bucklands Memorial Literary Prize in 1988, as well as the 1991 Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship. From 1993, he took up work as senior writer at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. He published a number of articles during this time, but did not produce any new novels... As of the publication of Skylark Lounge in 2000, Cox had not published a new novel since Dirty Work, thirteen years previously. The same year, he left New Zealand to become Head of Communication at the Jewish Museum Berlin. While in Berlin, Cox completed his fourth novel, Tarzan Presley..."

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Paperback 2006.

207 pages.

Good condition.

The cost of shipping is $6.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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