{"product_id":"barefoot-dogs-stories-9781476784977","title":"Barefoot Dogs: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters * A \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Recommended Book of 2015 * Fiction Finalist for the 2015 Writers' League of Texas Book Awards * A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2015 * One of the \u003ci\u003eTexas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Five Books We Loved in 2015\" * One of PRI's \"The World's Five Books You Should Read in 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Profound and wrenching...A deeply moving chronicle of one family's collective devastation, full of remarkable wisdom and humor\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) that follows the members of a wealthy Mexican family after their patriarch is kidnapped.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn an unremarkable night, José Victoriano Arteaga--the head of a thriving Mexico City family--vanishes on his way home from work. The Arteagas find few answers; the full truth of what happened to Arteaga is lost to the shadows of Mexico's vast underworld. But soon packages arrive to the family house, offering horrifying clues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFear, guilt, and the prospect of financial ruin fracture the once-proud family and scatter them across the globe, yet delicate threads still hold them together: in a swimming pool in Palo Alto, Arteaga's grandson struggles to make sense of the grief that has hobbled his family; in Mexico City, Arteaga's mistress alternates between rage and heartbreak as she waits, in growing panic, for her lover's return; in Austin, the Arteagas' housekeeper tries to piece together a second life in an alienating new land; in Madrid, Arteaga's son takes his dog through the hot and unforgiving streets, in search of his father's ghost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunningly original exploration of the wages of a hidden war, \u003ci\u003eBarefoot Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartfelt elegy to the stolen innocence of every family struck by tragedy. Urgent and vital fiction, \"these powerful stories are worthy of rereading in order to fully digest the far-reaching implications of one man's disappearance...this singular book affords the reader the chance to step inside a world of privilege and loss, and understand how the two are inextricably intertwined\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuiz-Camacho, Antonio:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Antonio Ruiz-Camacho has worked as a journalist in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. A 2009 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University and a 2014 Dobie Paisano Fellow in Fiction, Ruiz-Camacho earned his MFA from the New Writers Project at the University of Texas at Austin. He is from Toluca, Mexico, and lives in Austin, Texas, with his family.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914150580498,"sku":"9781476784977","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_181bf22c-b95e-406a-9659-95ce61df7490.jpg?v=1738807490","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/barefoot-dogs-stories-9781476784977","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}