{"product_id":"the-man-who-loved-dogs-leonardo-padura-9780374535070","title":"The Man Who Loved Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping novel about the assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, Leonardo Padura brings a noir sensibility to one of the most fascinating and complex political narratives of the past hundred years: the assassination of Leon Trotsky by Ram Mercader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story revolves around Iv疣 C疵denas Maturell, who in his youth was the great hope of modern Cuban literature--until he dared to write a story that was deemed counterrevolutionary. When we meet him years later in Havana, Iv疣 is a loser: a humbled and defeated man with a quiet, unremarkable life who earns his modest living as a proofreader at a veterinary magazine. One afternoon, he meets a mysterious foreigner in the company of two Russian wolfhounds. This is \"the man who loved dogs,\" and as the pair grow closer, Iv疣 begins to understand that his new friend is hiding a terrible secret. \u003cbr\u003eMoving seamlessly between Iv疣's life in Cuba, Ram's early years in Spain and France, and Trotsky's long years of exile, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved Dogs \u003c\/i\u003eis Padura's most ambitious and brilliantly executed novel yet. This is a story about political ideals tested and characters broken, a multilayered epic that effortlessly weaves together three different plot threads-- Trotsky in exile, Ram in pursuit, Iv疣 in frustrated stasis--to bring emotional truth to historical fact. \u003cbr\u003eA novel whose reach is matched only by its astonishing successes on the page, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDogs \u003c\/i\u003elays bare the human cost of abstract ideals and the insidious, corrosive effects of life under a repressive political regime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonardo Padura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374535078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374535070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014","brand":"Leonardo Padura","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046067007743,"sku":"9780374535070","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d7a8c14-6127-47bc-bc08-9171e962d0cb.jpg?v=1684982429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-loved-dogs-leonardo-padura-9780374535070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}