Even the Dogs is British author Jon McGregor's third novel. First published in 2010, the novel focuses on drug addiction, alcoholism, homelessness, and dereliction. The Irish Times literary critic Eileen Battersby called it a "magnificent" novel. In 2012, Even the Dogs was awarded the International Dublin Literary Award, one of the world's richest literary prizes.The Daily Telegraph published a positive review by David Robson, who remarked that the "movingly told story is also an important book." Source: Wikipedia (en)