Complex sentence: Red Dog's story and statue have caught the attention of a number of people passing through Dampier including British author Louis de Bernières, who was inspired to write a book loosely based on Red's legend called "Red Dog".
Split into simpler sentences: Red Dog's story and statue have caught the attention of a number of people passing through Dampier including British author Louis de Bernières. He wrote a book loosely based on Red's legend, called "Red Dog".