The Dog

In this extraordinary novel, both comic and philosophically profound, the acclaimed author of the novel Netherlnd uncovers the hidden contours of a city-jewel in the Middle East and the silent dilemmas of modern man. When the unnamed hero of the novel, a self-sabotaging lawyer and a peculiar existential type, senses that his life in New York is heading toward ruin, he seizes an opportunity to go to Dubai, accepting a mysterious offer for an extremely wealthy Lebanese family. But while, on the one hand, serving as the family's administrator, he must regularly deal with the eccentricities of the Batros brothers, on the other hand, he is pursued by a sense of guilt, which in the novel is revealed through a long series of correspondence, real or imagined, as his only way out of this trap.

Critics have described The Dog as an unforgettable legend of the age of globalization. It is a novel written with striking eloquence, sensitivity and stylistic mastery. Among other accolades, the novel was nominated for the Man Booker Prize.