num_pages: 208
description: It's your worst nightmare: instead of being dead, you're alive!Dot thinks she's perfect, with her blond hair, pointy nose, and pink skin. She lives on the east coast of England with her magnificent hubby, cooking him gourmet meals and crashing the car. So one day she decides to End It All. But-Dot BLOWS it!After a brief sojourn in the underworld (populated by "underaged, underdeveloped underlings all, understated in their undershirts and UNDERSTANDING VERY LITTLE"), Dot is reincarnated, first as a possum, and then as a girl in Ohio. A hilarious and poignant journey through our puny universe, this is a masterpiece of disquiet.
language: English
title: Dot in The Universe
titlecomplete: Dot in The Universe
genres: Fiction, American, Womens, Humor, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 349
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction
publisher: Bloomsbury USA