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The Dog Walker

An Anarchist's Encounters with the Good, the Bad, and the Canine

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A dog book for the 99%, The Dog Walker is a hugely entertaining look at the world's greatest job--by an activist who spent a decade as a dog walker for the political class

Dog walking: it's every eight-year-old's dream! You spend your day outdoors; you interact exclusively with silly, loving, ridiculous dogs; and you get paid for it. But the reality is . . . well, actually, the reality is pretty great, too, at least according to the anarchist Joshua Stephens's eye-opening account of the dog walker's life.

An Anthony Bourdain of the dog walking set, Stephens reports on what every master of the trade--and every informed consumer--needs to know: always keep a spare set of keys, always have references, and never, ever board your beloved pet. But Stephens also goes deeper: he shows us what dog walking reveals about everything from gentrification to street harassment, and why radical empathy must always anchor every interaction--canine or otherwise.

Rich with hilarious anecdotes, brilliant observations, and a powerful political conscience, The Dog Walker calls to mind David Rakoff at his most sardonic--if, that is, Rakoff had been an anarchist who walked dogs for a living. An irreverent and perceptive fish-out-of-water story, The Dog Walker is totally irresistible.



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