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Joseph O’neill - The Dog - 9780007275748 - KOC0018655
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The Dog

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Description for The Dog Hardcover. 1st edition. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has very minor wear to edges and a very minor stain on the front cover. Remains very good

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION

The first novel from Joseph O’Neill since NETHERLAND.

`O’Neill, in this book, has come of age as a novelist … a comic masterpiece … as mordantly funny as the best of stand-up comedy … Superb’ John Banville, New York Review of Books

In 2007, a New York attorney bumps into an old college buddy – and accepts his friend’s offer of a job in Dubai, as the overseer of an enormous family fortune. Haunted by the collapse of his relationship and hoping for a fresh start, our ... Read more

A funny and wholly original work of international literature, `The Dog’ is led by a brilliantly entertaining anti-hero. Imprisoned by his endless powers of reasoning, hemmed in by the ethical demands of globalized life, he is fatefully drawn towards the only logical response to our confounding epoch.

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007275748
SKU
KOC0018655
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Joseph O’neill
Joseph O’Neill is the author of three previous novels, `This is the Life’, `The Breezes’ and Man Booker-longlisted `Netherland’, as well as a memoir, `Blood-Dark Track’. He lives in New York.

Reviews for The Dog
`I’m in love with this book … It’s superbly written and very very funny and also very true’ David Aaronovitch `On page after page, O'Neill can still dazzle as a compellingly intelligent writer. Everywhere you look, there's a shimmering portrait of modernity waiting to be glimpsed … [An] ambitious, lucidly thought-through novel’ Guardian `Our only truly international writer ... Read more

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