Fluke (novel)

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Fluke is a novel by British novelist James Herbert. First published in 1977, it concerns a dog named Fluke.

[edit] Plot

Fluke is a dog who soon realizes that he used to be a man, the book follows Fluke's efforts to find out what happened to him and his journey to reunite with his wife and daughter. Along the way, he makes friends with a red dog named Rumbo.

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This is the first time Rumbo appears in a James Herbert novel. In Fluke, he dies and comes back reincarnated as a Red Squirrel. Herbert later brings back Rumbo (still a squirrel) in his novel The Magic Cottage and again in his 2001 novel. Once, in this novel, Rumbo is a Red Fox.

[edit] Adaptations in other media

Fluke was adapted into a film in 1995, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew Modine.