Bedtime with Buster: Conversations with a Handsome Hound

By: Brooks Eason

Narrated by: Brooks Eason

Do you channel your dog?

That is, do you speak to your dog and then respond as your dog? In Bedtime with Buster, author Brooks Eason does. And does he ever!

In this hilarious, insightful new audiobook, the author and his handsome hound Buster debate a number of existential questions for dogs: Why don't they live as long as people do? Why don't they have thumbs? Why can't mixed-breed dogs compete for Best in Show at Westminster? And what did a hound dog ever do to Elvis?

Buster is both philosopher and humorist, a four-legged Mark Twain. Buster would be wise and funny if he were a human. For a canine, he's a doggone genius. Unfortunately, having been told all his life how handsome he is, Buster is also vain. He thinks of himself as a young Sean Connery. When he walks past a mirror, it's all he can do not to lick the glass.

If you like dogs and funny stories you will love Bedtime with Buster. If you have any doubts, just ask Buster. He'll set you straight.

©2020 Brooks Eason (P)2021 Brooks Eason

A conversation between a man and his dog.

This is series of bedtime conversations between a man and dog. The author is the narrator and the voice of the dog, and while that device takes awhile to get used to, it is probably the only way to imagine the conversation.

This is not really a children’s book, nor especially sentimental. I think the main audience would be people who have had a lot of life experiences, as does the author. He and Buster have many things in common, such as an interest in their family history, but Buster’s perspective is also surprising at times. He is quite interested in opposable thumbs for instance, and finds Elvis Presley’s ‘Aint nothin but a hound dog’ to be very offensive.

Buster, as his master imagines him, is often surprisingly sarcastic for a dog, but never forgets how lucky he really is, even though he is not permitted in dog shows despite his amazing good looks (he thinks). He finds many aspects of human life perplexing, as in fact they sometimes are. Mr Eason offers wise advice, which Buster usually takes, although often reluctantly.

The author/narrator and has a soft, pleasant southern accent that is easy to listen to.