{"product_id":"dogfight-a-love-story-9780307476432","title":"Dogfight, a Love Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat Jonathan Lethem did for Brooklyn, Matt Burgess does for Queens in this exuberant and brilliant debut novel about a young drug dealer having a very bad weekend. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlfredo Batista has some worries. Okay, a lot of worries. His older brother, Jose--sorry, Tariq--is returning from a stretch in prison after an unsuccessful robbery, a burglary that Alfredo was supposed to be part of. So now everyone thinks Alfredo snitched on his brother, which may have something to do with the fact that Alfredo is now dating Tariq's ex-girlfriend, Isabel, who is eight months pregnant. Tariq's violent streak is probably #1 worry on Alfredo's list. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso, he needs to steal a pit bull. For the homecoming dogfight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBurgess brings to life the rich and vivid milieu of his hometown native Queens in all its glorious variety. Here is the real New York, a place where Pakistanis, Puerto Ricans, Haitians, An ­glos, African Americans, and West Indians scrap and mingle and love. But the real star here is Burgess's incredible ear for language--the voices of his characters leap off the page in riotous, spot-on dialogue. The outer boroughs have their own language, where a polite greeting is fraught with menace, and an insult can be the expression of the most tender love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a story as intricately plotted as a Shakespearean comedy--or revenge tragedy, for that matter--and an electrically colloquial prose style, \u003ci\u003eDogfight, a Love Story \u003c\/i\u003eestablishes Matt Burgess as an exuberant new voice in contemporary literature. The great Queens novel has arrived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Burgess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.30w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307476432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2014 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMATT BURGESS\u003c\/b\u003e, a twenty-seven-year-old graduate of Dartmouth and the University of Minnesota's MFA pro­gram, grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50525710712947,"sku":"9780307476432","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_aac50d71-3893-4b0e-993e-253cae8653fa.jpg?v=1790250145","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/dogfight-a-love-story-9780307476432","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}