The Dog of the North

Name: The Dog of the North
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Press / Penguin Books
SKU: 9780593300718-PRUSDTR-US
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English • Age Adult - Adult

336 pages • 5.28 x 7.91 x 0.74 in

Approx. weight: 0.54 lb

Publication date: 12 Mar,2024

Barcode: 9780593300718 • Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Press / Penguin Books

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By: Elizabeth McKenzie

* A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice *

“A vibrant novel that combines slapstickcomedy with poignancy.” —The New Yorker

Penny 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.

Elizabeth McKenzie, the National Book Award–nominated author of The Portable Veblen, 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?

This 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.