Dogs cover

Dogs

by Robert Calder

In a small New England town, a divorced college professor named Alex Bauer finds an abandoned puppy, takes it home, and grows to love it - unaware that at an experimental canine development installation a hundred miles away a very specially bred pup is missing. Then one day a sudden, savage incident drives the dog into the woods, where among outcasts and strays he reverts to the primal instincts of his species, to kill. A pack of killer dogs sets off a cataclysm of horror which sweeps the countryside.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?