Name: Dogs - Hardcover
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ISBN: 9781668084427

Dogs - Hardcover

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by C. Mallon (Author)

Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
Winner of the New Harmony Book Award

"One of the most intense--and often enjoyable--reading experiences I've had this year. I will surely be inhaling whatever C. Mallon writes next." --Isaac Fitzgerald, The New York Times Book Review

A singular, devastating debut novel, Dogs traces the fallout of one catastrophic night in the lives of five high school wrestlers, asking what can survive in the blast radius of latent trauma and violence.

As night falls on the city of Carbon, Hal and his friends are cruising the backroads in their terrible car. From the wrestling gym to the gas station, from his mom's kitchen to the mall parking lot, Hal bears quiet witness to the beauty and the horror he perceives in the slow, lonely world of his hometown.

Withdrawn and reticent, Hal is haunted by the specter of violence. Safety and comfort are hard won in Carbon, a town dogged by stories of desperation and brutality, and his own home is a dark vault of troubled and unspoken memory. Hal's greatest peace is found in the company of his dearest friend, Cody John, whose true compassion offers him a window to a better life.

Over the course of a single night, a catastrophic chain of events is set into motion. Its devastating conclusion will explode the fragile balance that once kept the boys together. Unflinching, resolute, and beautifully rendered, Dogs is a stunning exploration of trauma, real love, and the limit of our ability to reach one another.

Author Biography

C. Mallon is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and resides in the midwestern United States.

Number of Pages: 208

Dimensions: 1 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN

Publication Date: August 12, 2025

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