Sun Dog Days
Books by Slim Randles
"When one desperately needs a respite from this bloody and clichéd, mad, mad
world, Randles' novel Sun Dog Days is 'it.' He takes us into a desert country
with space to see, feel, absorb a chunk of earth, a beauty and solace all its own.
"Buck, who was a cowboy and packer in his youth . . . now has a good job as
a magazine editor, a loving wife and children and believes he is happy. Then . . .
Smokey, his oldest and closest friend from his outdoor youth, lures him away
for one last run at the wild horses before they are forever gone. Buck is terribly
torn, because he may lose all this safety of family and regular paydays for what
at best can only be described as 'an adventure.'
"Buck can't resist. Like most of us wish we could, he gives in to a
desire, to something incomplete in his blood, his genes. As the two
friends of the earth and smooth worn leather prepare for the chase and
experience of the great desert, many wonderful things of nature in the
raw and in the nature of mankind are revealed--to everyone. The
camaraderie of the two men in these moments of freedom is filled with
quick wit and earthy insight."
--Max Evans
"Sun Dog Days. . is a poignant, sensitively written story with nice
touches of humor about friendship and a man's struggle to come to
terms with his longing for a world that no longer exists and the one he
can't afford to lose."
--Denver Post
"If you love Slim's columns as we do, you'll love his new novel."
--Latah Eagle
"Randles writes with wit and insight as he reveals the natures of
Mankind and the wild Earth on which he resides."
--Vamonos, Ruidoso, NM
"The adventure shudders to a gut-wrenching but brilliant conclusion
that leaves the reader ready to ride off into the sunset by Buck's side in
hopes of looking through the haze of day-to-day distractions to get a
better look at their own sun dogs."
--Albuquerque Journal
