{"product_id":"the-dog-9780307472946","title":"The Dog","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655354847506,"sku":"9780307472946","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cdc627ce-075b-4eea-8f38-839cc2ce48ef.jpg?v=1733379858","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dog-9780307472946","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}