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Sam Savage’s The Way of the Dog follows Harold Nivenson, a once‑promising painter and art patron now in decline. After the death of his close friend and rival, Peter Meinenger, Harold confronts the unfulfilled trajectory of his career and his strained family relationships. Through introspection he moves from bitterness toward acceptant calm, finding renewal in everyday life in the midst of a gentrifying neighborhood and the fading of intellectual art discourse.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Sam Savage
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