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A Man About a Dog is a 1947 thriller novel by the British-Australian writer Alec Coppel.[1] Driven to distraction by his wife's repeated affairs, her husband decides to kidnap her latest lover and commit the perfect murder, only to be thwarted by a dog.
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Author | Alec Coppel |
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Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
Publisher | Harrap |
Publication date | 1947 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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In 1949 it was adapted into the British film Obsession directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Newton, Sally Gray and Naunton Wayne. Coppel himself wrote the screenplay.[2]
Alec Coppel originally wrote the story as a play when he was living in Sydney during World War II. He adapted it into a novel while travelling to London. Coppel titled the play and the novel A Man About a Dog,[3] but in the United States, the novel was titled Over the Line.
The play opened in London in April 1946[4] and the novel was published in 1948, although many critics commented that the novel felt similar to a play.[5][6]
Another production of the play was staged in London in May 1949.[7]
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