What fiction|nonfic books like Red Dog,do you want to see film adapted?

If you greatly love the Red Dog film, what highly compelling fiction or even nonfictional you've read (with similar, or slightly different themes, settings and characters to those in RD), would you like to see get film adapted, as you think the story is even more interesting and/or better written.

Please state the author, what the book is about and why you found and find it to be so highly compelling.