When Oliver, a shy and somewhat socially-challenged fourteen-year-old with an over-active imagination gets his first dog – an adopted Lurcher – he soon begins to see his new canine companion as a ‘very special dog indeed’, capable of great achievements.

With the aid of his best friend’s ‘dodgy dad’, plus a few fortuitous loopholes created by the language barrier when the family relocate to Spain, Oliver discovers how a couple of ‘little white lies’ and a small act of deceit can go a long, long way…