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Dogs at the perimeter : a novel / Madeleine Thien.
Summary:
Dogs at the Perimeter begins one winter, when Janie, a researcher in Montreal, suddenly leaves her husband and young son. She retreats to the home of her friend and mentor, the neurologist Hiroji Matsui, who has mysteriously disappeared. Their friendship, and the world Janie begins to reclaim in the wake of Hiroji's disappearance, are at the heart of Madeleine Thiens eagerly anticipated second novel.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771084089
- Physical Description: 253 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2011.
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| Subject: | Cambodians > Canada > Ontario. Missing persons > Fiction. Immigrants > Canada > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Montreal (Quebec) > Fiction. Cambodia |
| Genre: | Canadian fiction. |
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