Author Event
March 15, 2024Bookreading at Purple Fern Bookstore in Eldorado!
About the Book
Ollie Allyinphree is a lonely, nerdy-smart, Boston librarian who one day answers a desperate email plea from a Nigerian orphanage. The email is not a scam, and Ollie not only saves the orphans but is rewarded with a huge commission, followed by thousands of marriage proposals. Ollie soon discovers that his newfound wealth is not the path to happiness and personal fulfillment. To assuage his loneliness, Ollie orders a puppy from Chateau Dom Pedigree, the famous California winery and on-line kennel, and is amazed when his puppy turns out to have mysterious and unexpected powers. Pocket Dog is a funny, smart read, with likeable characters, and a thoughtful, bittersweet story about modern love.
“Pocket Dog” is available in paperback, hardback, and e-book formats.
Buy it online, or ask for it at your favorite local bookstore.
PRAISE
“… an original and stunning tour de force, laughing out loud more times than I can count…the wit, the satire of contemporary culture, the detailed knowledge…”— Minrose Gwin, author of The Accidentals and Promise, plus many
non-fiction books and essays.
“…a great pleasure to read. As your teacher, I demand that you go right now and open a bottle of champagne…”— BK Loren, author of Theft and Animal, Mineral, Radical, plus numerous essays and works of short fiction
“… probably the best novel ever written, and I’m not just saying that.” — Mrs. Marcelle Garland, mother of the author
About the author
Jim Garland grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Princeton (AB) and Cornell (PhD). He was professor of physics and executive dean of arts and sciences at Ohio State and for ten years president of Miami U. of Ohio. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Jim is the author of more than a hundred scientific papers, essays, and opinion pieces. His humorous debut novel, Pocket Dog, started life as a classroom exercise in a course he audited at Ohio State. His 2010 non-fiction tome, Saving Alma Mater (U of Chicago Press), has been described as hilariously unfunny.
Jim lives and writes in Santa Fe, on a hundred cactus-ridden acres, accompanied by three dogs, six chickens, a very tolerant spouse, and a courtyard bull snake named Beatrice.