Dog Training the American Male

L.A. Knight is the comedic pseudonym for thriller writer Steve Alten, the New York Times best-selling author of twelve novels, including the MEG series, The Omega Project, and the internationally bestselling Domain books. Alten is also founder and director of Adopt-An-Author, a free nationwide reading program for teens.

In Knight’s comic debut novel, a relationship expert turns to dog-training strategies in order to domesticate her incorrigible boyfriend and save her flagging career. . . .The book is funny in the best way: the humor propels the action rather than pausing it. . . .[T]he authorial hand is mostly well-hidden, and the prose flows like a jocular babbling brook. More impressively, the central characters transcend their stock roles and grow into legitimately compelling subjects. Incident by unlikely incident, we are pulled deeper into their lives until it is their fates (not merely their quips) that keep us turning the pages. Knight is a naturally comic writer; what is more, she is a talented storyteller. A lighthearted work with well-drawn characters and genuine laughs.