The Dog
Author(s): Joseph O'Neill
A New York Times Notable Book
Nominated for the Man Booker Prize
In this extraordinary, both comic and philosophically profound novel, the acclaimed author of Netherland uncovers the hidden contours of a glittering Middle Eastern city--and the quiet dilemmas of modernity. When our unnamed hero, a self-sabotaging and oddly existential lawyer, finds his life in New York falling apart, he seizes an opportunity to flee to Dubai, taking a mysterious job for a fabulously wealthy Lebanese family. As he struggles with his position as the "family officer" of the capricious Batros brothers, he also struggles with the "doghouse," a condition of culpability in which he feels trapped, even as he composes endless electronic correspondence--both sent and unsent--in an attempt to find a way out.
An unforgettable fable for our globalized times, The Dog is told with Joseph O'Neill's hallmark eloquence, empathy, and stylistic mastery.
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- : Vintage
- : 0.258548
- : 09 June 2015
- : 0.75000mm X 5.25000mm X 8.00000mm
- : 10 November 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : Joseph O'Neill
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 823/.914
- : bl2015022950
- : 256