Larry and the Dog People: From the author of Last Bus to Coffeeville

By J. Paul Henderson

Larry MaCabe is a man who needs people more than most . . . The problem for Larry is that most people have little need for him.

Larry MacCabe is a retired academic, a widower, and until a chance meeting with the administrator of a care home, also friendless. At her suggestion, he adopts a Basset Hound and joins her one Saturday at the local park. He becomes a regular visitor, and for the first time in his life the member of a gang. While his new companions prepare for the annual Blessing of the Animals service on the Feast Day of St Francis, Larry puts the finishing touches to a conference paper he’s due to present in Jerusalem and arranges a house-sitter. Neither the service nor his visit to Israel go to plan, and on his return Larry is charged with conspiring to blow up a church and complicity in the deaths of four people. All that stands between him and conviction is a personal injury lawyer – and things for Larry aren’t looking good...

Praise for J Paul Henderson:

'exceptionally good...The characters and plot are fantastic and I really couldn't praise it enough' - Bookseller

'There is heartbreak...black humour... and some of the charm of The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry' - Daily Mail

'A fascinating and poignant novel' - Woman's World

For fans of Rachel Joyce and Jonas Jonasson

• Language: English
• Publisher: No Exit Press
• Release date: Jul 27, 2017
• ISBN: 9781843448556

J. Paul Henderson

J Paul Henderson was born and grew up in Bradford, West Yorkshire, gained a Master's degree in American Studies and travelled to Afghanistan. He worked in a foundry, as a bus conductor, trained as an accountant and then, when the opportunity to return to academia arose, left for Mississippi, returning four years later with a doctorate in 20thC US History and more knowledge of Darlington Hoopes than was arguably necessary. (Hoopes was a Pennsylvanian socialist and the last presidential candidate of the American Socialist Party). American History departments were either closing or contracting, so he opted for a career in publishing, most of which was spent selling textbooks, in one position or other, for John Wiley & Sons. He is the author of Last Bus to Coffeeville, The Last of the Bowmans and Larry and the Dog People. He lives in a house in England, drives a car and owns a television set. And that's about it.