Griefdogg

Meet Jeffrey Watson-Johnson: hydrologist, husband of Martine, father of Bern, model citizen of Mildura.

But after he inherits a small fortune from an obscure aunt and has a disconcerting encounter with his cousin Pam, Jeffrey decides it’s time to change everything.

He tells Martine he wants to live as if he were the family pet.

Sleeping through the day or wandering beside the river, he discovers a new power: he can sense secret grief in others. What to do with this gift? Or with his awareness of the endless streams of water flowing unseen beneath the earth?

Michael Winkler’s first novel Grimmish became a cult hit. Griefdogg is another triumph. Funny, sad, always entrancing, it tells a crazy-sane story about identity, love, family and forgiveness.

‘The male All Fours…wild and weird and also tackles big things about identity and forgiveness.’ Ramona Books

‘Griefdogg is a wonderfully eccentric novel.’ Jason Steger, Age

‘Griefdogg is both vigorously subversive and courageously daggy, offering a tale for the end of times that asks a question as old as time: ultimately, what matters?’ Declan Fry, Saturday Paper

‘I thought it was absolutely wonderful… a very very fine book.’ Shannon Burn, ABC Radio National, The Bookshelf

‘At once absurd and unsettling, Griefdogg is an exploration of modern masculinity, existential despair, self-awareness and guilt, circling persistent questions about freedom and the meaning of a life well lived…consistently thought-provoking.’ Books+Publishing

‘The Aussie book to read right now…deeply thoughtful, humane – and human.’ QANTAS Magazine