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Author:

Berne, Suzanne, author.

Title:

The dogs of Littlefield : a novel / Suzanne Berne.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

275 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Women sociologists--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.--Fiction.
City and town life--Fiction.--Fiction.
City and town life.
Dogs.
Women sociologists.
Massachusetts.
Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Satirical literature.
Satire.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by the Penguin Group"--Title page verso.

Summary:

"A "brilliantly done" (Sunday Times, London) comedy of manners that explores the unease behind the manicured lawns of suburban America from the Orange Prize-winning author of A Crime in the Neighborhood. Littlefield, Massachusetts, named one of the Ten Best Places to Live in America, full of psychologists and college professors, is proud of its fine schools, its girls' soccer teams, its leafy streets, and charming village center. Yet no sooner has sociologist Dr. Clarice Watkins arrived to study the elements of "good quality of life" than someone begins poisoning the town's dogs. Are the poisonings in protest to an off-leash proposal for Baldwin Park--the subject of much town debate--or the sign of a far deeper disorder? Certainly these types of things don't happen in Littlefield. With an element of suspense, satirical social commentary, and in-depth character portraits, Suzanne Berne's nuanced novel reveals the discontent concealed behind the manicured lawns and picket fences of darkest suburbia. The Dogs of Littlefield is "a compelling, poignant yet unsentimental novel that examines life, love, and loss" (Sunday Mirror, UK)"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1501124749
9781501124747
1476794243
9781476794242

LCCN:

2015017821

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SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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