{"product_id":"the-dog-of-the-north","title":"The Dog of the North","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year * A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice * Nominated for the Women s Prize for Fiction *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e I m in love with a grieving misfit driving around with a donkey-shaped piñata in an old van held together by duct tape the great miracle of McKenzie s writing  is how she manages to transform misery into gentle humor darkly hilarious.   \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e An addictive read with an ultimately hopeful core that recalls Haruki Murakami, Sayaka Murata, Richard Brautigan, and Miranda July    Sanjena Sathian, author of \u003ci\u003eGold Diggers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenny Rush has problems. Her marriage is over; she s quit her job. Her mother and stepfather went missing in the Australian outback five years ago; her mentally unbalanced father provokes her; her grandmother Dr. Pincer keeps experiments in the refrigerator and something worse in the woodshed. But Penny is a virtuoso at what s possible when all else fails.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eElizabeth McKenzie, the National Book Award nominated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Veblen\u003c\/i\u003e, follows Penny on her quest for a fresh start. There will be a road trip in the Dog of the North, an old van with gingham curtains, a piñata, and stiff brakes. There will be injury and peril. There will be a dog named Kweecoats and two brothers who may share a toupee. There will be questions: Why is a detective investigating her grandmother. What is  the Scintillator   And can Penny recognize a good thing when it finally comes her way \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis slyly humorous, thoroughly winsome novel finds the purpose in life s curveballs, insisting that even when we are painfully warped by those we love most, we can be brought closer to our truest selves.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53791933432146,"sku":"9780593300695","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_0bdb57d6-4f96-4956-b1bc-ada424e423fb.jpg?v=1781810807","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-dog-of-the-north","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}