The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived

<p><strong>SOUTHWEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025</strong></p><p>‎‎</p><p><strong>I am a dog but I do not die at the end of this book. Who else could have written it?</strong></p><p></p><p>The human who found me is fine. She feeds me. She cuddles me. She puts a roof over my head. But I do not appreciate being held captive. Because I am a dog with the intelligence of a human. And I aim to find out why.</p><p></p><p>Accompanied by Shakespeare a Pug with the intelligence of a Pug I run away from home embarking on an epic quest for freedom knowledge and quite possibly revenge.</p><p></p><p>Together we must survive a harsh desert of cannibalistic coyotes stray humans a fugitive white tiger and one hypnotic beacon that shines from a city of sin luring us back into so-called civilization.</p><p></p><p>My name is Rousseau. I seek the truth. Even if it means I lose my mind...</p><p></p><p>Full of imagination and humor <em>The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived</em> is a dog book like no other with a canine narrator who questions the value of human society and a dog's place within it.</p><p>‎‎</p><p><strong>Readers are saying:</strong></p><p>‎‎</p><p>★★★★★ I did not expect the complexity the humor the philosophy and the humanness that exist in these pages! But don't be fooled-this is no boring philosophical story. While the themes are underlying the main force of this novel is action and movement.</p><p>‎‎</p><p>★★★★★ By far the best dog story I've ever read.</p><p>‎‎</p><p>★★★★★ A very impressive debut that works on a variety of levels.</p><p>‎‎</p><p>★★★★★ Insanely creative.</p>