Yishay Ron’s gripping, haunting Dog performs the magic act that all novelists seek but rarely achieve: to lure readers inside worlds they have neither lived nor can ever imagine—and yet, somehow, know that they have arrived. This is a postwar novel par excellence, with its lingering torments and redemptions of the aftermath. ”

—Thane Rosenbaum, author of e Golems of Gotham, Second Hand Smoke, and Elijah Visible

“In the tradition of the best war novels, Yishai Ron’s Dog reminds us of our confounding inability to learn from the past. With pity, rage, compassion, and despair, Ron shows the dreadful toll war takes on man and beast. The novel also provides an unsentimental and humane depiction of contemporary Israel, a country many people believe they know. In the end, and often with gallows humor, Dog affirms the fragility and validity of life. ”

—David Bezmozgis, author of The Betrayers

“Dog reads like a cry that rolls forward at an incredible pace, carried by the flow of the plot. At times, there’s a desire to pause, to grasp onto something at the edges, but—just like the characters in the book—you can’t. The characters are tough. Life has struck them hard, and they are laid bare, yet they are portrayed with a compassionate gaze, with empathy and honesty. ”

—Yishai Sarid, author of e ird Temple, Victorious, and The Memory Monster

“It a remarkable book—powerful in its ability to open the world of PTSD to the reader. It reveals the partial destruction, the entanglement with a different kind of reality, the destructive paths of escape, and the surprising openings toward hope.”

—Asa Kasher, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Lead Author of the IDF Code of Ethics“

Dog took me by storm and struck a deep, emotional chord in me. It is a powerful story on so many personal, social, and political levels, and I realized that I must turn it into a movie. ”

—Eran Riklis, Director & Producer, e Syrian Bride, Lemon Tree, Reading Lolita in Tehran

“Terrible and wonderful, heartbreaking and heartfelt—if literature has any hope of making us better people, it will be through the brutal, beautiful honesty of works like Ishi Ron’s remarkable Dog.”

—Shalom Auslander, author of Hope: A Tragedy and Feh: A Memoir

“ A profound, original, thought-provoking novel. To read it is to have your heart broken. ”

—Noa Yedlin, author of Stockholm

“ A formidable, painful novel. Rare emotional intensity. ”

—Zeruya Shalev, author of Pain: A Novel

“Ishi Ron’s unsettling novel, Dog, serves up a chilling account of despair, redemption, and murder in the aermath of war. Returning from Gaza to Tel Aviv, a decorated Israeli officer who has assumed the name ‘Geller’ drowns his trauma in heroin as he navigates a new life among misfit junkies. Enter Dog, the novel’s eponymous mongrel, who offers a deeply perceptive, highly canine perspective on Geller’s suffering. Both convincing and disquieting, Ron adds his powerful voice to a rising generation of veteran novelists who capture the psychological pain and dislocation of modern warfare.”

—Jacob M. Appel, author of Einstein’s Beach House

“Dog should come with its own Surgeon General warning: It is a highly suspenseful and unexpectedly lyrical book could be hazardous to your health. Read at your own risk!”

—Roya Hakakian, author of A Beginner’s Guide to America