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Best Human
A comic novel in weekly instalments, by Simon Donnelly. At four in the morning, Ken Hulme, a retired driving instructor in Frodsham, lets a stray border collie in through his back door, just till the morning. Six weeks of walks on the Sandstone Trail later, he discovers she has been listening to every word, and that she is not exactly from round here. Warm, very British and very funny, with the occasional bit that might make you cry in the middle of a laugh. Narrated by an AI voice.
Episodes
- Best Human
Chapter 5: Best Human
Ken's daughter Claire sends a present: the PawTalk Pro 3, a collar that turns barks into words, trained on two million hours of devoted owners. It needs an…
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Chapter 4: Tess's Dad
Thirty thousand years ago a man sat by a fire and told a wolf about his day. The wolf said nothing. It was the start of a remarkable professional record. Now…
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Chapter 3: Six Brands of Disappointment
Tess will not eat Pedigree. She will not eat Bakers, in any of its four piles. She looks at the happy dog on the Butcher's tin the way a food critic looks at a…
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Chapter 2: No Chip
Ken takes the collie to the vet in Helsby, who finds no microchip, a perfectly normal temperature and, on the X-ray, something that looks very much like a…
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Chapter 1: The Stanlow Flare
At seven minutes past four on a damp Tuesday morning, something lands on Frodsham Hill. Eleven people see it. Nine of them say "Stanlow flare." A few minutes…