Open Throat - - Henry Hoke - Hardback Bog - Pan Macmillan - 2023 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk

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Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction''An instant classic'' - THE GUARDIAN ''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 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. 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? '' 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.