“Wild Dogs” by Helen Humphreys

At first I thought this book was quite dreary because of the passive misery of all the characters. And the plot of people congregating in a field to summon their dogs, which had gone wild, seemed bizarre to say the least. But I ended up liking this book very much, due to the subtlety with which the author handles emotions. The characters evolved naturally, rather than through actions contrived by the author.