If you are accompanied by a dog you can talk to anyone, and anyone can talk to you about anything And they do. Edward Stourton s walks with, Kudu, his dog, become an opportunity for wonderfully unlikely encounters, and reflecting on the world from the dog-walker s perspective proves remarkably illuminating. Ed and Kudu s small trips to the park offer up big insights into romantic attachment, honour and heroism, guilt and depression, our sense of duty, beauty and the hard facts of life s pecking order. Diary of a Dog-Walker is witty, wise and will be utterly irresistible to any man or woman with a dog.