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Outside the Dog Museum
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765311856
ISBN: 0765311852
Label: Orb Books
Manufacturer: Orb Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: June 01, 2005
Publisher: Orb Books
Release Date: May 12, 2005
Studio: Orb Books
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Editorial Review:
Harry Radcliffe is a brilliant prize-winning architect---witty and remarkable. He's also a self-serving opportunist, ready to take advantage of whatever situations, and women, come his way. But now, newly divorced and having had an inexplicable nervous breakdown, Harry is being wooed by the extremely wealthy Sultan of Saru to design a billion-dollar dog museum. In Saru, he finds himself in a world even madder and more unreal than the one he left behind, and as his obsession grows, the powers of magic weave around him, and the implications of his strange undertaking grow more ominous and astounding....
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Rating: - A fascinating literary trek into magical realism courtesy of Jonathan Carroll
When the likes of fantasy authors as diverse as Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub and Jonathan Lethem are praising Jonathan Carroll's work, offering it the finest compliments that they can muster, then you know that Carroll is an author worthy of your attention (All three provided memorable blurbs in the back cover of this book's paperback edition.). Truly, without question, Carroll is both a memorable writer and a fine literary stylist. However, at least not in "Outside the Dog Museum", should he be regarded ... Read More
Rating: - Hmmm. What to think...
I liked it. I liked its hopefulness. It read a lot like The Wooden Sea. Sorry, but it does.
I've been reading his work since The Land of Laughs. I like what he does, but I have to say it's starting to get a little repetitive. Don't get me wrong: each novel is enjoyable, just a bit repetitive.
Rating:  - a dog of a book
the blurb on the back cover "Harry Radcliffe is a brilliant prize-winning architect--witty and remarkable" (Really? I'm Sooo impressed.) He's also a self-serving opportunist, ready to take advantage of whatever situation, and women, come his way." (A man who is READY! However ooops--) But now, newly divorced and having had an inexplicable" (mysterious) nervous breakdown," (Not our hero!) "Harry is being wooed" (wooed, mind you) by the extremely wealthy" (I guess they mean really rich) "Sultan of ... Read More
Rating:  - from LOCUS MAGAZINE, July 2005
"I read the reissue of OUTSIDE THE DOG MUSEUM and was blown away by it. It may very well be his best book. I made the mistake, the first time I read it 14 years ago, of thinking of it as a fantasy novel instead of a mainstream philosophical novel with fantasy tropes. Carroll, like Graham Joyce, uses fantasy tropes but he isn't a fantasy writer. There's an argument that Mahler's 10 symphonies are really only parts of one vast search for the meaning of life. I think of Carroll's novels the same way. They're ... Read More
Rating: - fantastic allegorical tale
The Sultan of Saru tries to hire Pritzer Prize winning architect Harry Radcliffe to design a dog museum, but though he takes the bribes like a brand new car, Harry declines. Recently divorced over his Colonel Sanders' recipe and balancing two beautiful strong women, Fanny Neville and Claire Stansfield, at the same time he is a recovering mental breakdown patient struggling with what is reality under the guide of psychiatrist Venasque.
Reality strikes in the form of an earthquake devastating Harry's ... Read More
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