Where the Blue Begins: A Canine Fantasy
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Mr Gissing, a dog, keeps a suburban house and three puppies, and sets out to find God — via a department store, a bishopric and a berth as a ship's stoker. Morley was a Rhodes Scholar and a founder of the Saturday Review; this 1922 fantasy is his strangest book, and the theology is entirely serious under the fur. Fifty-seven plates, from Landseer to Munch, gather houses, homecomings and shadows, the same domestic longings that send a dog out in search of heaven.
Mr Gissing, a dog, keeps a suburban house and three puppies, and sets out to find God — via a department store, a bishopric and a berth as a ship's stoker. Morley was a Rhodes Scholar and a founder of the Saturday Review; this 1922 fantasy is his strangest book, and the theology is entirely serio...
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Christopher Morley (1890–1957) was an American journalist, novelist, and editor. He wrote for the New York Evening Post and helped found the Saturday Review of Literature. His novels include Parnassus on Wheels and Where the Blue Begins.
Christopher Morley (1890–1957) was an American journalist, novelist, and editor. He wrote for the New York Evening Post and helped found the Saturday Review of Literature. His novels include Parnassus on Wheels and Where the Blue Begins.
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