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Art of racing in the rain author
Art of racing in the rain author













He is the first to know when a member of the family gets cancer because he can smell it. Plus poop humor.Įnzo witnesses family stress, conflict, and tragedy, and does his best to help. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose." And especially: "That which we manifest is before us we are the creators of our own destiny." He tells us that what was once said about another driver is true of Denny, who is particularly expert in racing when the weather gets bad: "When it rains, it does not rain on him." This dog is a canine Marianne Williamson version of a fortune cookie maxim. He listens carefully to the koan-like maxims of racing: "The car goes where the eyes go." "No race was ever won on the first corner, but many have been lost there." "There is no dishonor in losing the race. Sometimes he gets to go to the track, where he finds the smells and energy intoxicating. And when Zoe arrives, he is immediately protective and utterly devoted.Įnzo loves to watch car racing, on television at home with Denny, who also reviews his own "in-car" recordings to help improve his performance. And Eve comes to love Enzo, who is at first wary and a bit jealous of "the attention he lavished on her with her opposable thumbs and plump bottom," but who comes to love Eve, too. "He's more person than dog," Denny tells her. "I'm not much of a dog person," Eve says warily when she first sees Enzo. Aspiring Seattle-based race car driver Denny ( Milo Ventimiglia) adopts Enzo as a puppy and he remains Denny's most loyal companion as the household expands to include Denny's girlfriend and then wife Eve, played by Amanda Seyfried and their daughter Zoe (Ryan Kiera Armstrong). The dog in this story is Enzo, named for Enzo Ferrari, a race car driver and founder of the automobile company, voiced with the husky gravel of Kevin Costner.















Art of racing in the rain author