The Dog

By Joseph O'Neill

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307472949
• ISBN13: 9780307472946
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"