{"product_id":"2026200018267-secondhand-the-plague-dogs","title":"The Plague Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo dogs escape from a brutal animal research laboratory in the English Lake District — and what follows in Richard Adams's The Plague Dogs is a harrowing, magnificent chase across some of Britain's most dramatic landscapes, seen entirely through the animals' own bewildered yet vivid consciousness. Rowf, a large black mongrel broken by repeated near-drowning experiments, and Snitter, a fox terrier whose brain has been surgically altered, stumble into the wild fells of Cumbria, hunted by the press, the army, and a terrified public who fear they may carry bubonic plague. Adams brings to this novel the same fierce moral conviction and extraordinary gift for animal perspective that defined Watership Down, crafting a searing indictment of vivisection wrapped in a narrative of survival, loyalty, and the primal bond between human and beast. Enriched by illustrations and maps by A. Wainwright — the legendary fell-walker whose meticulous hand-drawn guides are themselves icons of English landscape literature — the novel achieves a rare synthesis of documentary realism and mythic resonance. For all its warmth and dark humour, The Plague Dogs leaves an indelible question hanging over the reader: at what cost does science claim dominion over the innocent?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022639104219,"sku":"2026200018267-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/58cb7229-f454-44cc-b8ce-6082a4bfcd89.png?v=1793665367","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018267-secondhand-the-plague-dogs","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}