Red Dog (小说基于真实的故事)
Louis de Bernieres' first three novels are The war of the Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best First book Eurasia Region, 1991).
Louis de Bernieres was selected as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists 1993. His fourth novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, won the Commenwealth Writer Prize, Best Book 1995.
Author's Note
The real Red Dog was born in 1971, and died on November 20th, 1979. The storied I have told here are all based upon what really happened to him, but I have invented all of the characters, partly because I know very little about the real people in Red Dog's life, and partly because I would not want to offend any of them by misrepresenting them. The only character who is 'real' is John.
There are two factual accounts of Red Dog's life. One is by Nancy Gillespie, first published in 1983, and now out of print. There is a copy in Perth public library, Western Australia. The other is b Beverley Duckett, 1993, obtainable at the time of writing from the tourist office in karratha, Western Australia, and in local libraries. Dampier and Karratha public libraries also keep press-cuttings about Red Dog, and I wish to thank their librarians for their invaluable and freely given help.
Non-Australia will find a glossary of Aussie terms at the back of the book.
