num_pages: 264
description: Here is what we know, those of us who can speak to tell a On the afternoon of October 24, my wife, Lexy Ransome, climbed to the top of the apple tree in our backyard and fell to her death. There were no witnesses, save our dog, Lorelei; it was a weekday afternoon, and none of our neighbors were at home, sitting in their kitchens with their windows open, to hear whether, in that brief midair moment, my wife cried out or gasped or made no sound at all. None of them were working in their yards, enjoying the last of the warm weather, to see whether her body crumpled before she hit the ground, or whether she tried to right herself in the air, or whether she simply spread her arms open to the sky.
language: English
title: The Dogs Of Babel
titlecomplete: The Dogs Of Babel
characters: Lorelei, Paul Iverson, Lexy Ransome
genres: Book Club, Animals, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Dogs, Adult, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 18819
publisher: Back Bay/Little, Brown & Co.