The Labrador Pact: A Novel

<p><br>The story of a family in crisis and the loyal dog that holds them together, from the witty, imaginative author of <i>The Dead Fathers Club.</i><p>The Hunters&#151;Adam, Kate, and their children Hal and Charlotte&#151;are a typical family, with typical concerns&#58; work, money, love, the trials of adolescence. What sets them apart is Prince, their black labrador.<p>Prince is an earnest and determined young dog. He strives to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact&#58; Duty Over All. Other dogs, led by the springer spaniels, have revolted, but Prince takes his responsibilities seriously. As things in the Hunter family begin to go awry&mdash;marital breakdown, rowdy teenage parties, attempted suicide&mdash;he uses every canine resource to keep the clan together.<p>In the end, Prince must choose&#58; the family or the Pact? His decision may cost him everything.<p>Wry, perceptive, and heartbreaking, <i>The Labrador Pact </i>is a cunning and original take on domestic life, with an improbably poignant narrator.<p></p><h3>The Barnes & Noble Review</h3><p>All roads lead to Shakespeare for Matt Haig, which turns out to be a good thing. There s no one quite like the Bard for barging head-first into a tale of death, desperation, and betrayal, and wringing out some laughs along the way. No flinching, no sentimental sap, no turning back. <br><br> That s how Haig played it in his weird and wonderful debut novel, <em>The Dead Father s Club, </em>a modern re-working of <EM>Hamlet,</EM> and that s how he hands us <em>The Labrador Pact, </em>an offbeat look at domestic life through the eyes -- and voice -- of the family dog.</p>