Running Dog
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 "Running Dog" by Don DeLillo |
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| Author | Don DeLillo |
| Cover artist | Karl Korab |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Publication date | 1978 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 246 (hardback first edition) |
| ISBN | 0-394-50143-8 |
| OCLC Number | 3516537 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.5/4 |
| LC Classification | PZ4.D346 Ru PS3554.E4425 |
Running Dog is a literal translation into English of the Chinese/Korean communist pejorative, 走狗 'Zou Gou', meaning lackey. It is derived from the eagerness with which a dog will respond when called by its owner, even for mere scraps[citation needed]. Its first recorded use in English was in 1937.
Running Dog is also the title of a 1978 novel by Don DeLillo. At its center is a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler, purportedly filmed in his bunker in the climactic days of Berlin's fall. The novel follows a journalist as she tries to penetrate a murky black market of wealthy erotic-art collectors in order to locate the film. The tale grows increasingly wild and violent as she closes in on this bizarre grail. The book derives its title from a fictional "underground" magazine modeled on Rolling Stone. This publication also featured in Great Jones Street.
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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=r&p=20
http://wordsmith.org/words/running_dog.html
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