{"product_id":"2940014449915","title":"Dogland","description":"\"Shetterly makes the transition from young adult (Elsewhere, 1991, etc.) to adult fantasy with assurance and aplomb. In 1959, Luke and Susan Nix travel with their family--four-year-old Chris, whose narrative is informed by hindsight; Little Bit, three; and Digger, two--to Dickison, Florida, to set up a tourist attraction: Dogland, a sort of canine zoo displaying dozens of different breeds of dog... Compelling, absorbing, hard-edged work, lit by glimpses of another, more fantastic reality.\" - Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shetterly captures the rhythm, feel, and language of cracker Florida, its legends, and the clash of cultures. Recommended.\" - Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A masterwork. A particularly American magic realism that touches the heart of race and childhood in our country; it's 100 Years of Solitude for an entire generation of American Baby Boomers, and deserves the widest possible audience.\" -Ellen Kushner, host of public radio's Sound \u0026amp; Spirit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dogland is one of my all-time favorite books, a piece of gentle American magic realism about Chris Nix, whose obsessive, authoritarian (but lovable) father moves his family to Florida in the fifties to open a dog amusement park, showcasing 200 breeds of dog. The Nixes end up ensnared in local southern race politics, and in Florida's mystical Spanish past, and the resulting story is such a surprising, seamless blend of the historical and the fantastic that it is like a series of small, satisfying surprises, leading up to a wonderful, giant surprise.\" - Cory Doctorow","brand":"CatYelling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070609473776,"sku":"2940014449915","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014449915_p0.jpg?v=1763946267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014449915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}