The Dog (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307472946)

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.

Author: Joseph O'Neill
ISBN-10: 0307472949
ISBN-13: 9780307472946
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2015
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/05/2015 pg. 28