Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
Donny, I've read "War Baby" twice.

The story isn't presented as though he shot the dog because of injuries. He was angry that the dog lost the fight and that it cost him a few thousand dollars gambling on it.
I'll have to read it again. I had though the story portrayed his dog losing a fight and sustaining horrific injuries.
McClellan then shot the dog as it would never fight again.
His reasoning was that a fight dog, need only live to fight.

I thought he then threw the dog in the backseat of his Merc and (under poetic licence) mourned the death of the dog for the remainder of the novel.

In the writer's mind, wasn't he speaking to the dead dog throughout the Benn fight?


As I said, I'll take your word for it, if thats not the case, I haven't read the book in a few years.