Format | Hardcover |
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Open Throat: ‘An instant classic’ – The Guardian
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Print length: | 176 pages |
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Language: | English |
Publisher: | Picador |
Publication date: | 9 January 2024 |
Reading age: | 18 years and up |
Dimensions: | 14.4 x 2 x 22.5 cm |
ISBN-10: | 1035007754 |
ISBN-13: | 978-1035007752 |
Description
A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion narrates this fever dream of a novel, carrying us on a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing modern day L.A. ‘A slim jewel of a novel . . . Open Throat is what fiction should be.’ – The New York Times Book Review ‘A blinding spotlight beam of a book that I was completely unable and unwilling to put down.’ – Catherine Lacey, author of Pew Named a Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times , ELLE , Vanity Fair , Buzzfeed , i-D , Boston Globe , Nylon , Alta , Shondaland , Chicago Review of Books , Philadelphia Inquirer , and Literary Hub. I’ve never eaten a person but today I might . . . A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Fascinated by the voices around them, the lion spends their days protecting a nearby homeless encampment, observing hikers complain about their trauma and, in quiet moments, grappling with the complexities of their own identity. When a man-made fire engulfs the encampment, the lion is forced from the hills down into the city the hikers call ‘ellay’. As they confront a carousel of temptations and threats, the lion takes us on a tour that spans the cruel inequalities of Los Angeles. But even when salvation finally seems within reach, they are forced to face down the ultimate question: do they want to eat a person, or become one? Feral and vulnerable, profound and playful, Henry Hoke’s debut novel Open Throat is a marvel of storytelling that brings the mythic to life. —- ISBN: 9781035007752 | ISBN10: 1035007754 | ISBN-13: 978-1035007752
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