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    David Rosenfelt: book signing and discussion

    Presented by Alliance Francaise and Murder by the Book at Alliance Francaise de Houston (French Alliance)

    August 28, 2010

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    David Rosenfelt:  book signing and discussion

    L'Alliance Francaise, Murder by the Book,  and Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever Rescue  present David Rosenfelt, Saturday, August 28, 2010, at 5:00pm, at the Alliance Francaise/French Alliance, 427 Lovett Blvd., Houston, TX 77006. Best-selling mystery writer David Rosenfelt will sign & discuss his new Andy Carpenter...

    L'Alliance Francaise, Murder by the Book,  and Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever Rescue  present David Rosenfelt, Saturday, August 28, 2010, at 5:00pm, at the Alliance Francaise/French Alliance, 427 Lovett Blvd., Houston, TX 77006. Best-selling mystery writer David Rosenfelt will sign & discuss his new Andy Carpenter novel, Dog Tags (Grand Central; $24.99).

    German Shepherd police dog witnesses a murder and if his owner -- an Iraq war vet and former cop-turned-thief -- is convicted of the crime, the dog could be put down. Few rival Andy Carpenter's affection for dogs, and he decides to represent the poor canine. As Andy struggles to convince a judge that this dog should be set free, he discovers that the dog and his owner have become involved unwittingly in a case of much greater proportions than the one they've been charged with. Andy will have to call upon the unique abilities of this ex-police dog to help solve the crime and prevent a catastrophic event from taking place.

    The author writes:

    I am a novelist with 27 dogs.

    I have gotten to this dubious position with absolutely no planning, and at no stage in my life could I have predicted it. But here I am.

    My childhood was relentlessly normal. The middle of three brothers, loving parents, a middle-class home in Paterson, New Jersey. We played sports, studied sporadically. laughed around the dinner table, and generally had a good time. By comparison, "Ozzie and Harriet's" clan seemed bizarre.

    I graduated NYU, then decided to go into the movie business. I was stunningly brilliant at a job interview with my uncle, who was President of United Artists, and was immediately hired. It set me off on a climb up the executive ladder, culminating in my becoming President of Marketing for Tri-Star Pictures. The movie landscape is filled with the movies I buried; for every "Rambo", "The Natural" and "Rocky", there are countless disasters.

    I did manage to find the time to marry and have two children, both of whom are doing very well, and fortunately neither have inherited my eccentricities.

    A number of years ago, I left the movie marketing business, to the sustained applause of hundreds of disgruntled producers and directors. I decided to try my hand at writing. I wrote and sold a bunch of feature films, none of which ever came close to being actually filmed, and then a bunch of TV movies, some of which actually made it to the small screen. It's safe to say that their impact on the American cultural scene has been minimal.

    About fourteen years ago, my wife and I started the Tara Foundation, named in honor of the greatest Golden Retriever the world has ever known. We rescued almost 4,000 dogs, many of them Goldens, and found them loving homes. Our own home quickly became a sanctuary for those dogs that we rescued that were too old or sickly to be wanted by others. They surround me as I write this. It's total lunacy, but it works, and they are a happy, safe group.

    A percentage of the sales from this event will benefit Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever Rescue here in Houston!


    Alliance Francaise de Houston (French Alliance)

    427 Lovett Blvd.
    Houston, TX 77006

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    Cost TBD.  Call for details.

    A percentage of the sales from this event will benefit Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever Rescue here in Houston!

     


    Times:

    5:00pm


    Phone: (281) 480-4942

    Parking:

    On site and street parking available.


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