The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd Travel writing and finding your way forward

and finding your way forward in the vein of Kate Allen’s The Line Tender and Jules Machias’s Both Can Be True

and adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock

Avoiding his supposed fate as the herald of the end of the world

enjoyable' THE TIMES'This has all the velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick' PUBLISHERS WEEKLYJoseph O'Neill's novel Netherland was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize

A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped

The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd Travel writing and finding your way forwardThe Life and Art of Lynley Dodd is both a tale of remarkable success and a window into a brilliant creative mind. Finlay Macdonald's beautifully told, visually gorgeous biography of Dame Lynley Dodd and her creation, the rascally dog Hairy Maclary. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy has been read and loved by millions since its 1983 publication. Its protagonist's shaggy face and mischievous eyes are now iconic. But what of his creator? 'People don't