{"product_id":"dogged-pursuit-how-a-rescue-dog-rescued-me-paperback","title":"Dogged Pursuit: How a Rescue Dog Rescued Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Rodi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead Robert Rodi's posts on the Penguin Blog. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A charming, hilarious look at a little-documented world.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In dog years, Robert Rodi is 350. Age, however, couldn't possibly have prepared him for his experience with canine agility-the athletic cousin to best-of-breed shows. Rodi, an epicure and urban intellectual, picks up agility with aspirations for blue ribbons. His dreams of glory quickly fade when faced with the competition: hearty Midwestern handlers and their ferociously fit pups, who annihilate scrawny, scruffy, Dusty, Rodi's rescue dog and would-be champ, in the ring. The duo is utterly lost in the agility circles, but as in the best human\/pet stories, they forge an everlasting bond to carry them through. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combining the wit of Christopher Guest's \u003ci\u003eBest in Show\u003c\/i\u003e and the charm of \u003ci\u003eMarley \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDogged Pursuit\u003c\/i\u003e is an uproarious account of a neophyte's year in the dog show world that abounds in humor and warmth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Rodi was born in Chicago in the conformist 1950s, grew up in the insurrectionist 1960s, came of age in the hedonist 1970s, and went to work in the elitist 1980s. This roller-coaster ride has left him with a distinct aversion to isms of any kind; it also left him with an ear for hypocrisy, cant, and platitudes that allowed him, in the 1990s, to become a much-lauded social satirist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis first novel, \u003ci\u003eFag Hag\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1991 and was swiftly translated into Italian, French, German, and Japanese. It was followed by \u003ci\u003eCloset Case\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eWhat They Did to Princess Paragon\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eDrag Queen\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eKept Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eBitch Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and \u003ci\u003eWhen You Were Me\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). His first nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eDogged Pursuit: My Year of Competing Dusty, the World's Least Likely Agility Dog\u003c\/i\u003e was released by Hudson Street Press in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert's shorter fiction can be found in a number of anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eMen On Men 5, His, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSandman: Book of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. His novella \u003ci\u003eGlad, Gladder, Gladys\u003c\/i\u003e was serialized online at USAToday.com. His literary criticism has appeared in the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, NewCity, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Harvard Gay\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLesbian Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert is the creator of several comic-book series, including \u003ci\u003e4 Horsemen, Codename: Knockout, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Crossovers\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a founding member of the Chicago-based performance art troupe, The Pansy Kings, who were active throughout the 1990s, and he wrote sketches for the Live Bait Theater's revues Junk Food and Dear Jackie: The Queen of Camelot Remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert still lives in Chicago, in a century-old Queen Anne house with his partner Jeffrey Smith and a constantly shifting number of dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 7.96 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53111665295667,"sku":"9780452296138","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8XQbsFQJee9780452296138.webp?v=1772748641","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/dogged-pursuit-how-a-rescue-dog-rescued-me-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}