by Joseph O'Neill · Fourth Estate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007275755
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«The Dog» is the satirical novel by Joseph O'Neill, published by Fourth Estate in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In 2007, a New York lawyer reconnects with a university friend and accepts a job in Dubai as administrator of a large family fortune. After the failure of his relationship, he hopes for a new beginning, but soon senses he has swapped one hell for another. The story follows an antihero of relentless reasoning, trapped between globalized ethics and a single logical way out.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 and nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction.
A common choice for book clubs and for fans of contemporary literary fiction with satirical humor.
Joseph O'Neill is an Irish novelist and non-fiction writer. O'Neill's novel Netherland was awarded the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.
