Fluke (novel)

Fluke (novel)

"Fluke" is a novel by British novelist James Herbert. First published in 1977, it concerns a dog named Fluke.

Plot

The Novel starts with the birth of Fluke, a dog who soon realizes that he used to be a man, the book follows Fluke's efforts to find out what happened to him and why he is a dog. Soon he starts to remember bits of his previous life and remembers he had a wife and daughter. The story follows Flukes journey to reunite with his family. Along the way, he makes friends with a red dog named Rumbo. Rumbo is killed when a car in a scrap yard the dogs live in falls on him. Fluke appears in numerous Herbert novels. Rumbo started life as a human, like Fluke. Towards the end of "Fluke" Rumbo comes back as a Red Squirrel, he later appears in the James Herbert Novels "The Magic Cottage" and "Once".

Adaptations in other media

Fluke was adapted into a film in 1995, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew Modine.


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