![]() He tells the dog: "Everywhere I go it's as though I'm wearing a spacesuit which buffers me from other people.when I pitch and clump and flail down the street, grown men step into the drain gully to avoid brushing against my invisible space suit. ![]() He sees himself as a troll in a book of fairy tales and believes the people in his village dislike and avoid him. ![]() Ray is fifty-seven, fearful of social interaction and filled with self-loathing. He proceeds to describe his world and tell his story in first person present to the dog he adopts and names One Eye. ![]() The narrator, Ray, describes himself as a hulking man who lives alone in his recently deceased father's house. The book opens with a dog running wild, his left eye dangling from "some gristly tether."Īnd then we are inside the head of a man peering in the window of a junk shop, noticing an ad from the local shelter seeking a compassionate and tolerant owner. The title is a descriptive word play on the four seasons over which the story takes place, and sets the novel's slightly dark and melancholy tone. Spill Simmer Falter Wither, set in a small seaside town in Ireland, is the story of two outcasts: a socially crippled man and a one-eyed dog, who find - and bring comfort to - each other. Laced with dark undertones, this story about a special human-animal relationship will appeal to many despite its languorous pace. ![]()
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