Description
| Product ID: | 9781035007783 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Open Throat |
| Authors: | Author: Henry Hoke |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, Fiction: special features |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A mountain lion is on the brink of starvation in the urban landscape of Los Angeles. As it observes the city’s perilous beauty and confronts climate change, inequality and love, the animal asks itself: does it want to eat a human, or become one? <p><b>Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction<br><br>'An instant classic' - <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br><b><i>I’ve never eaten a person but today I might . . .</i></b><br><br>A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign, overlooking the city that humans call ‘ellay’.<br><br>Lonely and fascinated by humanity’s foibles, the lion spends their days grappling with the complexities of their own identity, and ultimately the question: Do they want to eat a person, or become one?<br><br><b>'A bloody masterpiece.' - Melissa Broder, author of <i>The Pisces</i></b><br><br><b>'Witty, emotional and gripping, <i>Open Throat</i> is a short but savage thrill ride' - <i>The Independent</i></b><br><br><b>'<i>Open Throat</i> is Bret Easton Ellis meets mountain lion in the Hollywood Hills . . . it already has people talking' - <i>The Sunday Times</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-07-04 |