The outer boroughs have their own language, where a polite greeting is fraught with menace, and an insult can be the expression of the most tender love. With a story as intricately plotted as a Shakespearean comedy—or revenge tragedy, for that matter—and an electrically colloquial prose style, Dogfight, a Love Story establishes Matt Burgess as an exuberant new voice in contemporary /5(). What Jonathan Lethem did for Brooklyn, Matt Burgess does for Queens in this exuberant and brilliant debut novel about a young drug dealer having a very bad weekend. Alfredo Batista has some worries. Okay, a lot of worries. His older brother, Jose—sorry, Tariq—is returning from a stretch. Welcome to the online home of Matt Burgess, author of Uncle Janice and Dogfight, A Love Story.
What Jonathan Lethem did for Brooklyn, Matt Burgess does for Queens in this exuberant and brilliant debut novel about a young drug dealer having a very bad weekend. Alfredo Batista has some worries. Okay, a lot of worries. His older brother, Jose#;sorry, Tariq#;is returning from a stretch. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Dogfight: A Love Story by Matt Burgess (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! "Matt Burgess' "Dogfight, A Love Story" was my most memorable read of As the title implies, the novel mixes everyday urban conflict with slice-of-life tenderness and momentary grace. Burgess captures the bass-heavy symphony of the neighborhood and gets the voices just right. Mixing the comedic and dramatic is a tricky thing to pull off.
Matt Burgess's debut novel, Dogfight, A Love Story (published last September), is a helluva first novel. It takes place over the course of a single weekend in Jackson Heights, Queens, in the summer of While the plot isn't overly complex or complicated, though it is well crafted, a lot happens in this novel. Born. Jackson Heights, Queens, The United States. Website. www.doorway.ru Member Since. September edit data. Before graduating from Dartmouth College and the University of Minnesota’s MFA program, Matt Burgess grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens. His hometown has served as the location for both his first novel, Dogfight, A Love Story, which was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, and his second novel, Uncle Janice. Oct. 15, Alfredo Batista, the year-old drug-dealing hero of Matt Burgess’s scorching first novel, “Dogfight, a Love Story,” is about to have the most nail-biting weekend of his life.
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