Lick of Love: How dogs changed my life

The Lick of Love is a funny, sharp, and touching memoir by one of Britain's best-loved comedians, celebrating the bond between man and dog. It is filled with canine characters who have been there for Julian, from Fanny the Wonder Dog to Valerie, Albert, and Gigi. The book is a love letter to the dogs that have played a loving and near-constant part of his life, and is told with humor and great honesty.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 304 pages
\n Publication date: 14 October 2021
\n Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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From one of Britain's most beloved comedians comes this wonderfully funny, sharp, and touching memoir, and a celebration of the bond between man and dog—an autobiographical dog raphy, if you will.

Hilarious and moving, it's a lovely read and the perfect gift for dog lovers.

David Walliams

I loved The Lick of Love. It's often insightful, sometimes hilarious, frequently filthy—I'm a cat person, but if anything were ever to convince me to get a dog, it would be this.

Joanne Harris

. . . wise and perceptive, and funny and moving. Each dog you meet marks a different chapter of your life, and Julian writes about it so beautifully.

Joanna Cannon

A quirky and witty excavation of memory lane in the company of his furry canine friends.

Dame Joan Collins

The Lick of Love takes us on a tour of Julian's colorful life—and wherever life has taken him, Julian has had a dog by his side.

Fanny the Wonder Dog, who came into Julian's life when he was somewhat adrift, propelled him up the ranks of the alternative comedy circuit and onto television.

Valerie, the whippet cross-breed escorted Julian through his forties, the Germaine Greer to his Bernard Manning.

Albert, a jaunty geezer type who was sent to acclimatize Julian to middle age and helped him seduce his now husband, before being joined by naughty but nice Gigi, an unpredictable fur bullet of a dog.

These canine characters have been there, bearing witness, on and off stage.

Whether writing about encounters in seedy London nightclubs, finding success on television with Sticky Moments, the death of his partner, that Normant Lamont joke, a narrow squeak with a thwarted Eastern European plot to kidnap him, his move to the country, or finally settling down, falling in love, and getting married, Julian's unique voice bounces.

\n Weight: 550g\n
Dimension: 163 x 241 x 33 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781529412505\n \n