Book of the Week: Garth Stein's "The Art of Racing in the Rain"

Although my reading schedule is always overstuffed with crime novels, I occasionally read books outside the genre, the latest of which is Garth Stein's excellent The Art of Racing in the Rain. It's the heartbreaking story of how a family comes apart, told from the perspective of the family dog. A book like this could have been silly if not downright ridiculous -- but Stein pulls it off in impressive fashion, crafting a very human story of love and loss, filled with emotion and inspiration. One of my favorite books of the year so far -- it blew me away.

Comments

[Guyot]

This book rocks.

Garth rocks.

[Elaine Flinn]

Not something I'd pick up - but if you think it's that good...well...that's good enough for me.