{"product_id":"the-dog-paperback","title":"The Dog - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003cbr\u003e Nominated for the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this extraordinary, both comic and philosophically profound novel, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eNetherland \u003c\/i\u003euncovers 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unforgettable fable for our globalized times, \u003ci\u003eThe Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is told with Joseph O'Neill's hallmark eloquence, empathy, and stylistic mastery.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph O'Neill is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eNetherland\u003c\/i\u003e (which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Breezes, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis Is the Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and of a family history, \u003ci\u003eBlood-Dark Track. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in New York and teaches at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749155995936,"sku":"9780307472946","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/718c907ed0c18112a2682969bdaecb17.webp?v=1779924914","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-dog-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}