Baltimore Sun
Simultaneously hilarious and heart breakingly odd...you find yourself laughing so hard in sections that tears run down your face.
Rochelle O'Gorman
Clipper Audio
For the first time since its publication in 1979, Portis' weirdly humorous third novel has been released on audio. This amusing story from the author of True Grit features Ray Midge, a bore with few interests and even less ambition whose major pastime is collecting old weapons. But when Ray's wife runs off with her first husband, the hated Guy Dupree, along with Ray's car and credit cards, the jilted husband takes to the road, driving from Arkansas to Honduras to reclaim all that he has lost. Narrator Edward Lewis' high-pitched voice and quick delivery perfectly complement the quirky material.
From the Publisher
"One hot summer we rented this house near Austin, Tex., that was on a river with natural springs where you could swim. I found a paperback of Charles Portis" Dog of the South in the house, which I'm ashamed to say I stole because it was so funny. I had to have it! Since then I've bought other copies of that book and left them at people's houses in an attempt to revere the karma" Arthur Bradford, author of Dogwalker
AUG/SEP 02 - AudioFile
In this comic novel by the author of TRUE GRIT, a quixotic Arkansas fussbudget pursues his wife and her lover after they abscond with his car and credit card. Herein one find the author's storied gift for humorous embellishment, characterization, and regional dialogue--all of which are served up in crisply brisk tones by Edward Lewis. The punctilious accuracy and starchy introversion that make Lewis so satisfying in nonfiction serve him less well here. He does a workmanlike job, albeit stiffly, without much aiding or hindering the chuckles. Y.R. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
