“Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” is a memoir written by Alexandra Fuller. It chronicles her childhood in Africa with candor and sensitivity. The book is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, but it is suffused with Fuller’s endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate.
The book was published on December 1, 2001, by Random House and has received critical acclaim for its unsentimental and unflinching portrayal of an extraordinary family in an extraordinary time