God's Dog

‘God’s Dog is a rare kind of literary detective novel: thrilling, hard-boiled and action-packed, with beautiful imagery and compelling insights into religion, science and philosophy.’ – Readings
‘Marani’s novel is as disturbing and absurd as it is funny and touching. An enlightening read.’ – ArtsHub
‘Think Inquisition meets James Bond written by someone like Phillip K Dick of Blade Runner fame…It’s very readable and highly enjoyable quirkiness. But its genius lies in not looking at all quirky.’ * Waikato Times *
‘Absurdist and intriguing, this Catholic noir reads like Inquisition redux.’ * QANTAS magazine *
‘It’s a whirlwind of a premise that, in its audacity and its absurdity, a mashup of counter-Reformation intrigue, hardboiled detective novel and near-future theocratic dystopia, is as refreshing as it is seductive.’ * Melbourne Review *
‘Marani has created an unusual mystery set in a dark and weird dystopian world, with a slightly terrifying sleuth at its heart.’ * Canberra Times/Age/Sydney Morning Herald *
‘A detective story of gripping speculation. Marani may have a mind of unusual refinement and intellectual curiosity, but, like Raymond Chandler, he’s not above having a man come through the door with a gun in his hand if he thinks it will move things along…’ * Guardian *

Diego Marani was born in Ferrara, Italy in 1959. He has worked as a translator and policy officer for the European Commission and has written several other novels, collections of essays and short stories. New Finnish Grammar was published by Text in 2012 and was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Award and the Best Translated Book Award. The Last of the Vostyachs was published by Text in 2013.

Judith Landry won the 2012 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for her translation of New Finnish Grammar.

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