{"product_id":"a-taipei-mutt-9781542845854","title":"A Taipei Mutt","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eric Mader\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA disgruntled young academic arrives in Taiwan to begin a new teaching job. Before settling in, he lets himself get seduced by a woman in line at a bank, who turns out to have nefarious designs on such newcomers. Back at her apartment, she changes him into a Scotch terrier mutt, adding him to her kennel of former conquests, all now dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA madcap satire of expat life in Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[\u003ci\u003eThis is a substantially re-edited 2017 edition of the original novel.\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn engrossing read . . . A remarkable and high-spirited performance. It's the sort of book that could overnight easily become a local cult item.\u003c\/i\u003e -Taipei Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecreates the streets of a vibrant, tawdry and little-known Asian city. Future critics will consecrate Mader as the Defoe of Dogdom.\u003c\/i\u003e -Ryu Makoto, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hospitality of Circumstance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaught in the Act\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMader is . . . an endlessly fascinating eccentric, and absolutely everything he puts his hand to is very well worth reading.\u003c\/i\u003e -Bradley Winterton, author of \u003ci\u003eGladovia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45540175904919,"sku":"9781542845854","price":1328.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781542845854.webp?v=1767118829","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-taipei-mutt-9781542845854","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}