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Quirky Reads: When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan

I randomly picked up 'When Mr Dog Bites' in a library I had nipped into to use the loo. I'd already picked up a few books (recipe books, I'm an appalling cook so goodness knows where I thought I was going to get with those and When Mr Dog Bites.....the recipe books are back in the library and I've yet to open them) and figured a new fiction book was in order, I'd given books a bit of a rest for a few months and decided I wanted to lose myself in someone else's story. For the past few weeks, that person's story has been Dylan Mint. It's the kind of story I'd normally finish in one or two sittings but because I started reading it on holiday, I got a little preoccupied with sight seeing. I instantly warmed to Dylan Mint, he's Scottish, he's funny and he's brave.  These are all traits I like in a protagonist. Although its a primary focus in the story, I often forgot about Dylan's tourettes unless he happened to have an outburst, which...