Sun Dog Days
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When one desperately needs a respite from this bloody and clichéd, mad, mad world, Randles' novel Sun Dog Days is 'it.' He takes us into a desert country with space to see, feel, absorb a chunk of earth, a beauty and solace all its own.
Buck, who was a cowboy and packer in his youth . . . now has a good job as a magazine editor, a loving wife and children and believes he is happy. Then . . . Smokey, his oldest and closest friend from his outdoor youth, lures him away for one last run at the wild horses before they are forever gone. Buck is terribly torn, because he may lose all this safety of family and regular paydays for what at best can only be described as 'an adventure.'
"Buck can't resist. Like most of us wish we could, he gives in to a desire, to something incomplete in his blood, his genes. As the two friends of the earth and smooth worn leather prepare for the chase and experience of the great desert, many wonderful things of nature in the raw and in the nature of mankind are revealed--to everyone. The camaraderie of the two men in these moments of freedom is filled with quick wit and earthy insight."
-Max Evans
"Sun Dog Days. . is a poignant, sensitively written story with nice touches of humor about friendship and a man's struggle to come to terms with his longing for a world that no longer exists and the one he can't afford to lose."
-Denver Post
"The adventure shudders to a gut-wrenching but brilliant conclusion that leaves the reader ready to ride off into the sunset by Buck's side in hopes of looking through the haze of day-to-day distractions to get a better look at their own sun dogs."-Albuquerque Journal
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When one desperately needs a respite from this bloody and clichéd, mad, mad world, Randles' novel Sun Dog Days is 'it.' He takes us into a desert country with space to see, feel, absorb a chunk of earth, a beauty and solace all its own.
Buck, who was a cowboy and packer in his youth . . . now has a good job as a magazine editor, a loving wife and children and believes he is happy. Then . . . Smokey, his oldest and closest friend from his outdoor youth, lures him away for one last run at the wild horses before they are forever gone. Buck is terribly torn, because he may lose all this safety of family and regular paydays for what at best can only be described as 'an adventure.'
"Buck can't resist. Like most of us wish we could, he gives in to a desire, to something incomplete in his blood, his genes. As the two friends of the earth and smooth worn leather prepare for the chase and experience of the great desert, many wonderful things of nature in the raw and in the nature of mankind are revealed--to everyone. The camaraderie of the two men in these moments of freedom is filled with quick wit and earthy insight."
"Sun Dog Days. . is a poignant, sensitively written story with nice touches of humor about friendship and a man's struggle to come to terms with his longing for a world that no longer exists and the one he can't afford to lose."
"The adventure shudders to a gut-wrenching but brilliant conclusion that leaves the reader ready to ride off into the sunset by Buck's side in hopes of looking through the haze of day-to-day distractions to get a better look at their own sun dogs."
*A $6.50 charge will be added for USPS Priority Mail and Delivery Confirmation charges.
