{"product_id":"the-dog-of-the-north-9780593300718b","title":"The Dog of the North","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e* Finalist for the \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize * A \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year * A \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice * Nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction *\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\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":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869367406672,"sku":"9780593300718B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780593300718-l.jpg?v=1785876583","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-dog-of-the-north-9780593300718b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}