LIFE'S A BITCH: A CANINE COMMMENTARY ON HUMAN AFFAIRS, BY "DIDO". Assisted by Chapman Pincher.

1996 1st edition. 8vo (153 x 226mm). Ppviii,167. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

"There can be few greater vantage points from which to observe the strange oddities of human life than knee height. ...One of the most famous commentators on the peculiarites of human social life is that well-respected bitch Dido, renowned for her pungent and forceful opinions in the national daily press..." Chapters include: Pawballer of the year; the making of a superspy; Reluctant premier; The heart of the royal matter; Feeling the strine; Tales from the Vienna Woods; Dog of the law; Dido the maestro; Smelling money; Rank outsider; Van dog; Too clsoe for comfort; Paradise lost; Her Emminence; Psycho-dido; Shot at dawn; The Antiques Load Show; Dido Queen of Scots; The Barker Prize for Literature.