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Synopsis
Doghead is a highly imaginative, exuberant saga that follows three generations of a wildly dysfunctional Norwegian family. When Asger, the narrator, visits his dying grandma, he learns that contrary to popular belief, Grandpa was not a war hero. Instead, his nickname was "Crackpot," and both before and after he escaped from a Nazi concentration camp, he was, to put it bluntly, a cheat and a liar. From there the real family history unfolds, and like all great stories, it is a tale that will stay with the reader forever.
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Review
"Funny and touching...Ramsland masterfully captures a zigzagging litany of recollections across generations and the cold North Sea, revealing the family's true fortune: survival in the space between deep dysfunction and enduring love."
- "Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"An earthy, funny, unflinching family history."
- "Kirkus Reviews"
International Acclaim for "Doghead
""Funny and touching...masterful."
- "Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"A huge international success...combines rambunctiousness, salty humor and poetic imagination."
- "Independent on Sunday" (UK), Books of the Year
"A book reminiscent of Grass' "The Tin Drum" in its humor and "Angela's Ashes "in its heartfelt affection..."the "family novel par excellence."
- "Stern" (Germany)
"Already a huge success in Europe..."Doghead "is brilliant, exhilarating, and haunting."
- "Booklist "(starred review)
"Like Allende's "The House of the Spirits," but more ironical and slightly more modern. Family novels hardly get any better than this."
- "BuchMarkt" (Germany)
"A brilliant magical realist family saga. Better than Peter Hoeg."
- "Weekendavisen" (Denmark)
"Reading fuel for fans of John Irving and T. C. Boyle."
- "Lubecker Nachrichten" (Germany)
"An earthy, funny, unflinching family history."
- "Kirkus Reviews"
"The American debut of an award-winning Danish novel, a bestseller throughout Europe...An earthy, funny, unflinching family history." - Kirkus Reviews
From the Publisher
From a fiery and humorous Danish John Irving, a bighearted, epic story of mad dogs, naughty boys, strange relatives and family secrets.
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0385612796
- ISBN 13 9780385612791
- BindingPaperback
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