Book Information
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Published
- 2010-02-01
- Pages
- 208 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780747599449
- ISBN-10
- 0747599440
- Price
- 8212 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Literary
They break down the door at the end of December and carry his body away. On a still and frozen day between Christmas and New Year, a man's body is found lying in his ruined flat. Found, and then taken away, examined, investigated and cremated. As the state begins its detailed, dispassionate inquest, the man embarks on his last journey through a world he has not ventured into, alive, for years. In his wake, a series of fractured narratives emerge from squats and alleyways across the city: the short and stark story of the man, and of his friends who look on from the shadows, keeping vigil as the hours pass, paying their own particular homage. As they watch, their stories unfurl layer by layer; stories of lives fallen through the cracks, hopes flaring and dying, love overwhelmed by a stronger need, and the havoc wrought by drugs, distress and the disregard of the wider world. Intense, exhilarating, and shot through with hope and fury, Even the Dogs is an intimate exploration of life at the edges of society; littered with love, loss, despair and a glimpse of redemption.
Jon McGregor is the author of the critically acclaimed If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, So Many Ways to Begin and Even the Dogs . He is the winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Betty Trask Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award, and has been twice longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He was runner-up for the BBC National Short Story Award in both 2010 and 2011, with 'If It Keeps on Raining' and 'Wires' respectively. He was born in Bermuda in 1976. He grew up in Norfolk and now lives in Nottingham. www.jonmcgregor.com @jon_mcgregor
Reviews
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Read while recovering from prostate surgery. Not the happiest of books but you will find it hard to put down. It reads like poetry and draws you in to his world! It should be recommended reading in every school.. Absolutely loved it. jim ...Roscommon Ireland
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This book is OK. It means well, and is impeccably researched, but it lacks authenticity and real narrative voice. The characters blur into one another and their backstories are formulaic and predictable. Some of the stylistic tics (what is it, sentences tailing off...) really grated after a while A disappointment.
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I love this author
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This book relates an aspect of society that we all ought to be more aware of than we are - addicts whose priority is where the next fix is going to come from. They worry about many other things but that feeling is the most important is the world. There are many areas which could be explored further but I think that the author has deliberately pared down the story (to just over 200 pages) so that the focus is on the addiction itself Nothing is spared and the descriptions are very visual. I suspect that most people reading this book will never have been to anywhere like the places included in this book but you will get an idea of the feeling of the underworld. Why only three stars? Because I did not enjoy reading the book. It is good and worthy but not a great experience to read. Only for the dedicated......