Dog of the South Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment

This work has been reprinted often throughout its publishing history

An array of large-scale social forces-everything from the end of the Cold War to the rise of the internet to shifting ideas about gender and sexuality-came together to render traditional religion culturally obsolete

and "the infallible exhaustion of queer love

Instead there is Alabaster Tenring

Dog of the South Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky'sFrom Charles Portis, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of True Grit, The Dog of the South is a novel about a husband on a crazy road trip pursuing his runaway wife. "Hilarious . . . is, to me, a very American voice." Bob Odenkirk, The Week Ray Midge is waiting for his credit card bill to arrive. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex husband, taking Ray's cards, shotgun, and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they've gone. He