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Fiction Thrillers

Disciple of the Dog

by (author) Scott Bakker

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Aug 2010
Category
Thrillers
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780143172444
    Publish Date
    Aug 2010
    List Price
    $26

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Description

“Two things: Nobody tells the same story twice. And nobody knows this better than me.”

Meet Disciple Manning, cynical private investigator, lover of women, and neurological oddity. Disciple suffers from hyperthymestic syndrome. It means he can't forget anything—ever. It should be a blessing in his line of work, but it feels more like a curse. And when Jon and Amanda Bonjour hire him to find their daughter Jennifer, who's been recruited by the philosopher/cult leader Xenophon Baars, he realizes too late that he's met his match. Disciple Manning is a provocative protagonist bent on exposing the hypocrisy hidden beneath a small town's humdrum surface. And you won't soon forget him.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Scott Bakker is the recipient of a Canada Council for the Arts Fellowship, a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Fellowship, and the winner of the Helen B. Allison Gold Medal. He is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, including the Prince of Nothing Trilogy, a series that Publisher’s Weekly calls “a work of unforgettable power.” His novels been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives in London, Ontario with his wife and daughter.