Alexander McCall Smith’s New Dog Novel

Alexander McCall Smith by Iain McIntosh

The Dog Who Came in from the Cold, Alexander McCall Smith’s sequel to Corduroy Mansions, will begin it’s serialization, a chapter each week, starting Monday, September 21 at Telegraph.co.uk.  The Telegraph’s Toby Clements interviewed McCall Smith and discovered the author prefers to think of these works as soap operas, not serials, that he aims at 80 chapters but only starts with 40 fleshed out, reader input is appreciated, and what I found most interesting, he is inspired by the late 19th century painters Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard, both artists who are known for featuring dogs in their art.   It appears that Freddie de la Hay, the titular dog in McCall Smith’s new novel, descends from a long tradition of great dog art.  How cool is that?

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Here are some of my favorite works from the Bonnard and Vuillard:

The Bathroom by Pierre Bonnard, 1932