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Stock reports, limos, and cocktail parties are replaced by fairy-tale forests, magical creatures, and hideous monsters when a high-powered executive wakes up as a dog
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William Bogart Ingersol (Bogey) is a cynical, unsentimental Wall Street insider whose major preoccupation is making deals and adding to his substantial wealth--or it was, before he found himself transported to the Fair Lands, trapped in a dog's body, and of interest to both sides in a war between Good and Evil. Bogey figures his priority is to get back home, get back into human form, and get on with his life: "When I have a problem, there's only one question I ask--how do I solve it? Goodness doesn't enter into it, unless there's some PR angle you need to watch." He needs to figure out who is likeliest to win and get him out of this mess. As he continues dealing with both sides, however, he begins having second thoughts.
This is an unabashed morality play in the form of a novel. It works because Jerry Jay Carroll makes Bogey such a recognizable modern Everyman, and because the representatives of Good and Evil are real characters, not just cutouts. Bogey's running internal commentary on the straightforward, Tolkienesque fantasy setting and characters surrounding him, and on his former life, also helps keep things from getting too preachy. --Nona Vero
About the Author
Jerry Jay Carroll is a former reporter, writer and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Carroll graduated in journalism from San Jose State University and was a Ford Foundation fellow in political science at Stanford University. His first novel, TOP DOG, was described as “a captivating romp” by Entertainment Weekly. Wrote Publishers Weekly, “This follow-up [DOG EAT DOG] is equally fine, an entertaining hybrid of fantasy, thriller and moral tale.” From the starred review of THE GREAT LIARS in Publishers Weekly: “This meticulously constructed thriller from Carroll delivers healthy doses of political conspiracy, paranoia, and pulse-pounding suspense.” It was a BookLife’s Top Five for 2014.
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- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0441005136
- ISBN 13 9780441005130
- BindingMass Market Paperback
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- Number of pages330
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