The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

“All I know is I was meant to be his dog. Call it luck.” Costner gives Enzo a gravel-blasted rumble of a voice that makes him sound more like a chain-smoking dive bar derelict than a retriever. He plays Denny, an aspiring racing driver who buys a puppy on a whim and christens it Enzo. The film stars Milo Ventimiglia, who is handsome in a kind of glossy, unchallenging way, like a nice piece of well-put-together luggage. Did I mention there’s also a demonic zebra plush toy in the movie? There is. Enzo has always felt different from other dogs he believes. Simon Curtis (My Week With Marilyn) directs, and the screenplay was adapted from a book by Garth Stein, so perhaps he’s the demonic zebra plush toy in this scenario. The Art of Racing in the Rain opens with Enzo, a mutt who lives with his loving family, thinking about the nature of his life and soul. The novel was a New York Times bestseller for 156 weeks. And let’s cover it with branding for a well-known Italian luxury car company. Garth Stein cites 'The Revenant' as an early inspiration for writing The Art of Racing in the Rain, but clearly the perspective and voice in this poem, spoken by a dog, differ greatly from Enzo s perspective and voice. The Art of Racing in the Rain is a 2008 novel by American author Garth Stein that is narrated by a dog named Enzo. It follows the life of Denny Swift and is told from the. Oh, and let’s have the whole thing narrated by Kevin Costner, playing a dog. Published in 2008, The Art of Racing in the Rain is a New York Times bestselling novel by Garth Stein. His other works include A Sudden Light, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets, Raven Stole the Moon, and a play, Brother Jones.

Let’s shove them together in a movie that also muses on reincarnation, sports psychology, custody issues and brain cancer. Garth Stein is the author of Enzo Races in the Rain, based on the New York Times bestselling novel The Art of Racing in the Rain (and its tween adaptation, Racing in the Rain). People like winsome golden retriever pups is presumably the thinking here. I t’s hard to wrap your head around the demented logic that spawned a film as crazily unwieldy as this.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein