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In A Dog's Ransom a high-minded criminal hits a Manhattan couple where it hurts most when he kidnaps their beloved poodle.
Ed Reynolds, an editor at a prestigious publishing house, returns home one night to find a note: 'Dear Sir: I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy . . . I gather she is important to you? We'll see.' And so the nightmare begins for the Reynolds couple in this harrowing portrait of mid-century urban life shattered by a single bizarre event. A Dog's Ransom captures the fragility of middle-class life in this riveting, scathing tale.
In A Dog's Ransom a high-minded criminal hits a Manhattan couple where it hurts most when he kidnaps their beloved poodle.
Ed Reynolds, an editor at a prestigious publishing house, returns home one night to find a note: 'Dear Sir: I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy . . . I gather she is important to you? We'll see.' And so the nightmare begins for the Reynolds couple in this harrowing portrait of mid-century urban life shattered by a single bizarre event. A Dog's Ransom captures the fragility of middle-class life in this riveting, scathing tale.
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