EARTH DOGS and RUNNING DOGS. By Colin Didriksen.

2010 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 216mm). Ppviii,264. Colour and b/w photographs. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

Colin Didriksen's third book, which will undoubtedly live up to the success of his first two. More specific in its subject matter, this book contains much advice on terrier and lurcher breeding which is carried along by a bold narrative of the author's experiences in the field, "...the dangerous midnight hunt that ends in the death of two dogs will shock but will also leave you with belly-ache from irrepressible laughter ...descriptions of terriers with unbelievable courage and tenacity and how to breed them ...how [the author] bought a made lurcher primarily for deer and witnessed it kill five hares in a morning ...the delectable Fee reappears ...there is a whole chapter on the exploits of his best ever terrier bitch and why he sold her, and two veteran lurchers have their last runs ...plus much, much more." Brian Plummer, incidentally, has a cameo role, appearing in chapter 11. "I was hooked from the first dramatic, perhaps brutal sentence... It will probably become a classic." writes David Harcombe.