{"product_id":"9780008113254","title":"The Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel from Joseph O’Neill since NETHERLAND.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 strange hero begins to suspect that he has exchanged one inferno for another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Dog, Joseph O’Neill brilliantly weaves a narrative that is as much a satire on the legal profession as it is a literary classic. The protagonist's journey through the top tiers of Dubai's society is a compelling exploration of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Andrew O'Hagan (Mayflies), Colm Tóibín (Long Island), William Boyd (The Blue Afternoon), Sebastian Barry (The Temporary Gentleman), and Amor Towles (Table For Two).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph O’Neill, Read by Erik Davies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889143304341,"sku":"9780008113254","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008113254.jpg?v=1776888434","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008113254","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}