How TO See A Man About A Dog- Blog Tour

 

Author: Samuel Knox

Publisher: Independently published

Publishing Date: 7th July 2022

Many thanks to Traveling tours and the author for my digital copy and a spot on the tour

Blurb 

How To See A Man About A Dog is a collection of experimental short stories, powerful poems, and pulp fiction prose that will take you on a wild, hilarious, and heartbreaking journey. Surrealist short stories, memoiristic poems, and haunting jokes guide you through the wild imagination of emerging writer Samuel Knox's mind.

"In the light of the moon, a stack of diet pancakes glisten on the dining room table. 'Steven!' The kitchen erupted! 'It is five past your 3 AM Pre-Breakfast Dunch.' Stephen knew all too well that he was late for his self-imposed good therapy, the latest in in-home, trans-fat free therapy." - Holy Cannoli, How To See A Man About A Dog

For the reader looking for a wholly original and experimental mixed-media approach to stories, How To See A Man About A Dog is a much-needed fever dream tour-de-force.

"One size fits all never fits me. Hell, what a size. I supposed, sometime once in my early childhood, that it was all a curse." - My Girl Lately, How To See A Man About A Dog

How To See A Man About A Dog is a kaleidoscopic collage made of equal parts delight and despair. Samuel Knox blends sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and non-fiction into a single enrapturing vision of what it means to be human in the modern age. With over 100 pages of frenetic yet layered experimental fiction, every reader will surely find something to latch onto and enjoy.

My Thoughts 

It took me a while to get my head around the structure of the book. But it was something different to read and kept me invested in the short stories/ poetry so I am always open for a different interesting concept. 

The chapters do vary from being funny to really sad, touching on politics, trauma and grief. 

One thing I loved about this book was the art in-between the chapters, there are some stunning pieces., that pull you in and they alone tell a thousand stories and open for interpretation. If you are a fan of art then it is worth a look.  I also liked the chapter titles some were really quirky and fun: I wonder if it was something I said,  I hath arrived and Holy cannoli. 

If you want a different read/ genre from your normal choices then I would give this book a go!