King

King is a dog. Perhaps a dog who believes himself a man. Perhaps a man who believes himself a dog. King, the companion of Vico and Vica, an elderly couple who live in a dump, offers us the portrait of a world that is harsh and cruel, but also enduring and moving. King, the latest novel by John Berger, is a journey into one of the hidden faces of the capitalism: the world of the dispossessed, of those rejected by the system and who have become its victims. Berger’s every word breathes tenderness. And, in the end, one question: Who survives? Who, and why?