{"product_id":"2940169729177","title":"The Dogs of Littlefield: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Orange Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Crime in the Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e, Suzanne Berne's \u003ci\u003eThe Dogs of Littlefield\u003c\/i\u003e is \"sublime\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), a suspenseful and hilarious \"suburban comedy of manners par excellence\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) that explores the unease behind the manicured lawns of suburban America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittlefield, Massachusetts, named one of the Twenty Best Places to Live in America, is full of psychologists and college professors, proud of its fine schools, its girls' soccer teams, its leafy streets, and quaint village center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet when sociologist Dr. Clarice Watkins arrived in Littlefield to study the elements of \"good quality of life\" 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nothing sucks a reader in like psychological menace, and Suzanne Berne is a master of the craft.... Her scenes are elegantly composed, and even throwaway characters jump off the page\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). A wry exploration of the discontent concealed behind the manicured lawns and picket fences of darkest suburbia, \u003ci\u003eThe Dogs of Littlefield\u003c\/i\u003e explodes with \"comic exuberance and restrained beauty\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116954697968,"sku":"2940169729177","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169729177_p0.jpg?v=1763692898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169729177","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}