I was hoping the animated movie of
J.R. Ackerley's My Dog Tulip would open on a few movie screens in Canada, but the DVD is now already out. This is a very funny book, the movie adheres very closely to the original and
Christopher Plummer is perfect as the curmudgeonly Ackerley who, despite the many trials of Tulip, just can't help loving his dog. I saw it about a year ago at the Toronto Film Festival and the book was one of my first NYRB Challenge titles. You can read my thoughts on the book and movie
here. I do like NYRB's new movie tie-in cover; it was one of the books we sold out of at Sunday's Word on the Street.
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