Lily And The Octopus by Stephen Rowley ***

Well, I did finish this, so that says something about the book, I guess, but it was one of my quiet reads. I actually finished it while waiting on the telephone for Shaw Direct to help me with my receiver- had to wait an hour, only to find I hadn't turned the receiver on ......duh. 

Lily is a dachshund who has a tumour on her head, which the author, who I believe is the narrator in this story, calls an octopus, and the book is the story of how the narrator, who loves his dog unconditionally, thinks he can send the octopus away.

It would have made an excellent short story, but became a bit too strung out.