false<![CDATA[Water Dogs: A Novel]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230576808m/3526687.jpg35266872Lewis Robinson’s critically acclaimed story collection <b>Officer Friendly</b> was described by the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> as “eleven letter-perfect stories with the keen understanding of human nature readers expect to find in works by veterans like Alice Munro.” Now Robinson has written <b>Water Dogs</b>, a suspenseful, disquieting, and compulsively readable first novel that takes an unforgettable look at the delicate patchwork of a family.<br><br>Bennie knows that the details of his life don’t show well. A twenty-seven-year-old college dropout with stalled ambitions, he works at an animal shelter and lives with his bullheaded older brother, Littlefield, in their old family home on Meadow Island, Maine, a house that has fallen into disrepair since their father’s untimely death several years earlier.<br><br>When a massive blizzard hits the state one Saturday afternoon, Bennie, Littlefield, and a crew of roughneck war-game enthusiasts decide to play paintball at the local granite quarry. Bennie accidentally falls into a gully, landing in the hospital, and wonders if his life can get any worse. But when one of the players disappears during the storm and Littlefield becomes the main suspect in the disappearance, Bennie realizes that the game might have had much higher stakes. Then Littlefield takes off without a word of explanation, forcing Bennie to seriously question his loyalty to his enigmatic brother. With the guidance of his intrepid girlfriend, Helen, and his twin sister, Gwen, Bennie goes looking for answers, embarking on a journey that brings him closer to a truth he may not want to discover. What he finds will change his family and his life forever.<br><br>Written in prose as arresting and spare as the novel’s rural Maine setting, Lewis Robinson’s <b>Water Dogs</b> is a marvel of modern fiction, a book rich in empathy that follows one man’s path through the uncertainties of youth and loss toward self-discovery.35684521312009Water Dogs: A Noveltotal:60|5:11|4:23|3:20|2:6|1:0|602191481640falsefalseThu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009Mon Feb 02 10:44:23 -0800 2009Thu Feb 05 06:57:26 -0800 2009
more...]]>
21falsefalseWed Feb 25 12:49:56 -0800 2009Fri Apr 03 13:31:52 -0700 200940falsefalseWed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sun Mar 29 20:04:13 -0700 2009Sat Apr 25 04:37:18 -0700 2009
more...]]>
40falsefalseThu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Feb 12 15:19:06 -0800 2009Sat Mar 14 11:13:29 -0700 2009
more...]]>
50falsefalseSat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009Mon Feb 02 07:46:08 -0800 2009Mon Feb 02 07:54:30 -0800 20091
Characters are interesting, not at all predictable, they are at times among other things likeable, f...more...]]>
30falsefalseThu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Mar 05 20:41:23 -0800 2009Thu Mar 12 06:11:56 -0700 2009
more...]]>
50falsefalseThu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009Fri Jan 23 18:00:07 -0800 2009Fri Jan 23 18:01:38 -0800 200930falsefalseSat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sat Jul 11 07:14:13 -0700 2009Sat Jul 11 07:16:00 -0700 200900falsefalseTue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009Fri Nov 20 06:25:19 -0800 2009Fri Nov 20 06:27:34 -0800 200920falsefalseSun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009Tue Mar 10 06:09:39 -0700 2009Thu Mar 19 07:28:47 -0700 200930falsefalseSun Feb 01 17:37:54 -0800 2009Sun Feb 01 17:39:11 -0800 200940falsefalseFri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009Mon Dec 29 10:53:39 -0800 2008Sat Jan 17 13:04:46 -0800 2009
more...]]>
30falsefalseSun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Tue Nov 17 04:59:18 -0800 2009Tue Nov 17 04:59:57 -0800 200950falsefalseSun Jun 21 09:52:06 -0700 2009Sun Jun 21 09:52:44 -0700 200940falsefalseMon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sun May 31 18:40:59 -0700 2009Fri Jun 12 19:41:29 -0700 200950falsefalseSun Jan 25 10:04:00 -0800 2009Sat Apr 04 04:48:25 -0700 200900falsefalseWed Nov 11 20:15:16 -0800 2009Wed Nov 11 20:15:16 -0800 200930falsefalseTue Nov 03 19:59:07 -0800 2009Tue Nov 03 19:59:07 -0800 200900falsefalseWed Oct 28 11:00:24 -0700 2009Wed Oct 28 11:00:24 -0700 200900falsefalseThu Oct 22 06:18:58 -0700 2009Thu Oct 22 06:18:58 -0700 2009
http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3526687