{"product_id":"9781612194516","title":"The Dog Walker: An Anarchist's Encounters with the Good, the Bad, and the Canine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dog book for the 99%, \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Walker\u003c\/i\u003e is a hugely entertaining look at the world’s greatest job—by an activist who spent a decade as a dog walker for the political class\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Dog walking: it’s every eight-year-old’s dream! You spend your day outdoors; you interact exclusively with silly, loving, ridiculous dogs; and you get paid for it. But the reality is . . . well, actually, the reality is pretty great, too, at least according to the anarchist Joshua Stephens’s eye-opening account of the dog walker’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Anthony Bourdain of the dog walking set, Stephens reports on what every master of the trade—and every informed consumer—needs to know: always keep a spare set of keys, always have references, and never, ever board your beloved pet. But Stephens also goes deeper: he shows us what dog walking reveals about everything from gentrification to street harassment, and why radical empathy must always anchor every interaction—canine or otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with hilarious anecdotes, brilliant observations, and a powerful political conscience, \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Walker\u003c\/i\u003e calls to mind David Rakoff at his most sardonic—if, that is, Rakoff had been an anarchist who walked dogs for a living. An irreverent and perceptive fish-out-of-water story, \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Walker\u003c\/i\u003e is totally irresistible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041954611440,"sku":"9781612194516","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612194516_p0.jpg?v=1763843352","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612194516","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}