Book description
'As with dogs, so with gods - by and large, you should blame the owners.'
A particular trait, common to all human civilisations, is the
worship of non-human entities with followings of devotees who claim
that their reverence can transport them to transcendental heights of
complete and unfettered love.
Do we mean God? No - we mean Dog. Dogs and other pets we've been
keeping and loving since we began walking on two feet. But why do we
love God - and pets - so much when their capriciousness sometimes
suggests that they don't love us back?
In this wise, witty and highly topical book, celebrated cartoonist
and novelist Martin Rowson argues that rationally, the whole
enterprise of religion is a monumental and faintly ridiculous waste of
time and money. But then again, so is pet-keeping.
Martin Rowson is an award-winning political cartoonist whose work
appears regularly in the
Guardian
,
The Times
, the
Independent on Sunday
, the
Daily Mirror
, the
Scotsman
, the
Spectator, Tribune
,
Index on Censorship
and
The New Humanist
. His previous publications include comic book adaptations of
The
Waste Land
and
Tristram Shandy
, a novel,
Snatches
, published by Jonathan Cape in 2006 and a memoir,
Stuff
. He lives with his wife in south-east London.
