Timbuktu

For this loneliness you foster
I suggest Paul Auster
A book called Timbuktu

So sings the divine Fionn Regan (see below)and who am I to argue?

Coming from the author of the supremely flinty New York Trilogy, the sentimentality of this novel was a surprise to me. It is told entirely from the point of view of a dog, but Auster's stylish prose prevents complete sugar overload and there are some very good bits.