Show Dogs Are Still Sti Mans Best Friend Liz Livingston P Staff Writer J When you first hear the plot of 1 Dogs of Babel its it's almost laughable laughable laughable laugh- laugh able- able and this book is no comedy The basic story consists of a linguist linguist linguist lin- lin guist who tries to solve the mystery mystery mystery mys mys- tery of his wife's death by teaching teaching teaching teach teach- ing his dog the only witness to the tragedy to talk and tell him how the event transpired Peculiar at best this book was still featured on the Today Show Book Club Simply summed up the story line is bizarre but between the accounts of dog speech sessions and calls to the physic hotline is a thinly woven love story Pauls Paul's more than strange behavior can soon clearly be seen as acts of a desperate and broken husband trying to piece together ler the last moments of his wife's life and come to the dark realization that her death may be suicide The real root of Dogs of Babel is the enduring love between two people a relationship that spontaneously spontaneously spontaneously spon spon- sprung up a week long date to Disney Land spouts of depression and mania and the tragic mysterious end to it all An out of the ordinary love story Dogs of Babel is surprisingly sweet and sincere It is intriguing the whole way through a bittersweet bittersweet bittersweet bitter bitter- sweet combination of love enduring enduring enduring endur endur- ing in the face of death The plot is always moving the glimpses into the couples couple's life are fascinating fascinating fascinating ing and the book is virtually impossible to put down making Carol Parkhurst's first attempt ata ata at ata a novel a true success C |