Enter Max. Dreamer. Poet. Dog. In this rollicking madcap tale, publishing in time for the Oscars, Max and his dazzling Dalmatian bride take off to direct a movie in Hollywood.

As Maira Kalman writes:

There is no way I could begin to explain the intricate and complicated plot of this book to you, so full of subtle detail yet so action packed.

But trust me, you will laugh till you cry and when you see how stupid it is you will cry even more.

And if at the end of this book, once you have looked up all the words in the dictionary, you are not completely unsatisfied, I, the author, will personally send at my own expense a large pickled herring or blue carp (your choice) to your first cousins if they live in Miami. No kidding.

Is it a romance? Yes. A comedy? Yes. A musical? Yes. Now stop asking so many questions. You're giving me a headache already.

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