{"title":"Joseph O'Neill","description":"Joseph O'Neill is the author of the novels Netherland (which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award), The Breezes,  and This Is the Life,  and of a family history, Blood-Dark Track. He lives in New York and teaches at Bard College.","products":[{"product_id":"the-dog-paperback","title":"The Dog - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104851005663,"sku":"9780307472946","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9FW3WsZeKB9780307472946.webp?v=1781111448"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/joseph-oneill-1.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}