Price
- £6.00
Length
- 60
Presented By
- LITFEST
VENUE: The Round, The Dukes
‘Filled with sparkling insights, a joy from start to finish. In turns witty, brilliant and irreverent, McGowan explains nothing less than the meaning of life – to his dog. If only we were all as lucky as Monty to go for long walks with the author…’
Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after yet another dramatic confrontation with the local Rottweiler, Anthony McGowan realises it’s high time he andMonty had a chat about what makes him a good or a bad dog.
And they don’t stop at ethics. Taking his cue from Monty’s canine antics, McGowan leads us on an Enlightening jaunt through the world of philosophy.
Author:
Anthony McGowan studied Philosophy and Politics at Manchester University, obtaining a BA in 1986 and an M.Phil. in 1990. He earned his PhD from the Open University in 1996 with a thesis on conceptions of masculine beauty. He is the author of more than forty books. His recent work includes The Knife that Killed Me, a YA novel that was made into a film; The Art of Failing, a humorous account of the writer’s life; and Lark, the culmination of his YA quartet, ‘The Truth of Things’, which won the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal.
AGE GUIDANCE 16+
