Fifteen Dogs, André Alexis society & culture With a few words in

With a few words in the local language

Now living in a 19th-century church rectory in Norfolk

She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond

and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy

Fifteen Dogs, André Alexis society & culture With a few words inWinner of the Giller Prize 2015 Winner of the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize 2015 It begins in a bar, like so many strange stories. The gods Hermes and Apollo argue about what would happen if animals had human intelligence, so they make a bet that leads them to grant consciousness and language to a group of dogs staying overnight at a veterinary clinic. Suddenly capable of complex thought, the dogs escape and become a pack. They are torn between those