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Synopsis
Reilly, a young software developer, and his flatmate Evan find themselves in trouble after Reilly's car is nearly destroyed by a Mafia boss. Seeking revenge, they kidnap the mobster's famous racing greyhound, but their ransom plan goes wrong and they are forced to flee taking the dog with them.
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"The Washington Times" The characters are crude, corrupt, certainly not politically correct. But it's exactly this absence of sanctimoniousness that makes this story (and others in this notable first collection) so enjoyable. The author's great strength is his willingness to let his characters enjoy being bad.
"Detroit Free Press" He has given us an absorbing, sometimes astounding, often funny, always honest look at a world where people get what they want, then struggle mightily to live with the heartbreaking consequences.
"The Boston Book Review" Exhibiting an economy of phrase and a precision of description, Lyons makes an auspicious debut with this powerful first book. Despite the darkness he visits upon his characters, Lyons's stories leave the reader with an abiding sense of redemption, and a belief in the power of the human spirit to survive and to aspire to be good.
Gary Krist in "The Hudson Review" The author's depiction of the loopy marginality of these hacker-types is an achievement in itself (these are characters I've rarely seen written about).
"The New York Times Book Review" Mr. Lyons handles plots impressively. His prose is forceful and his stories are firmly rooted in their physical world....Mr. Lyons delivers.
About the Author
Daniel Lyons is a journalist who has worked for various newspapers and magazines, including the Boston Herald. Dog Days grew out of a short story, "The Greyhound" that earned him the Playboy College Fiction Award. He is also the author of a prizewinning collection of short stories, The Last Good Man. He lives in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0747544018
- ISBN 13 9780747544012
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages312
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