Open Throat [electronic resource]
Hoke, Henry2023
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Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 'An instant classic' - The Guardian I've never eaten a person but today I might . . . A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign, overlooking the city that humans call 'ellay'. 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? 'A bloody masterpiece.' - Melissa Broder, author of The Pisces 'Witty, emotional and gripping, Open Throat is a short but savage thrill ride' - The Independent 'Open Throat is Bret Easton Ellis meets mountain lion in the Hollywood Hills . . . it already has people talking' - The Sunday Times
Main title:
Open Throat [electronic resource] / Henry Hoke
Author:
Hoke, Henry, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Henry Hoke is the author of the memoir Sticker, The Book of Endless Sleepovers, the story collection Genevieves, and the novel The Groundhog Forever. His work has appeared in Electric Literature, Triangle House, The Offing, and the Catapult anthology Tiny Crimes. He holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, where he taught for five years, and presently teaches at the University of Virginia Young Writers Workshop and lives in Brooklyn.
Awards:
Notable Books for Adults (Notable Books Council)
ISBN:
9781035007769
Language:
English
BRN:
2823062
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