Mum has done other books for this season of the year: Lucy and Tom’s Christmas, one of her earliest, and Alfie’s Christmas, featuring her longest-running character. Dave mislays his companion and is distraught, only to find Dogger on sale at a school fete for 5p. Says Mum now: “Little did Uncle Hugh know …”She made Dogger the hero of her adapted tale, giving these cruel real-life narratives a fictional happy ending. Dave and Dogger. Dave is the same age now as he was in 1977, and dammit if Dogger doesn’t go missing again, on Christmas Day.

Source: The Guardian December 22, 2019 08:03 UTC