Animals - Softcover

Unsworth, Emma Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1443433039 ISBN 13: 9781443433037

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

Laura and Tyler are two young women who have been tearing up the city streets for ten years, leaving a trail of angry drug dealers and spent men in their wake. Now Laura is engaged to be married and her teetotal classical pianist fiancé, Jim, is away overseas. Tyler wants to keep the party going, but Laura is torn between the constant temptations provided by her best friend and the promise of a calmer life with Jim on the horizon. As the wedding draws closer, the duo's limits are tested, along with their friendship.

Animals is hilarious, honest, raw and thoroughly moving. It is about deciding when it's time to grow up and recognizing what must be left behind if you do.

About this title

About the Author

EMMA JANE UNSWORTH won a Betty Trask Award for her first novel Hungry, the Stars and Everything and was shortlisted for the Portico Prize in 2012. Her short story “I Arrive First” was included in the anthology The Best British Short Stories 2012.

TWITTER: @EMJANEUNSWORTH

Review

“Savagely funny, clever and wise. If it’s not an instant cult classic I’m leaving the cult.” (Nathan Filer, author of The Shock of the Fall)

“A gloriously over-the-top account of female friendship.” (The Guardian)

“I wish I had written this book . . . Withnail with girls.” (Caitlin Moran, bestselling author of How to Build a Girl)

“Hilarious, moving and poetic.” (Glamour)

“Animals is a riot. A kind of drunker, swearier Girls. I loved it.” (Matt Haig, author of Reasons to Stay Alive)

“Drink, drugs, men, more drink, more drugs. That’s the heartbeat of this wham-bam, helter-skelter account of female friendship, featuring two women in their early thirties whose voracious appetite for wine makes Dionysus look like a lightweight.” (Independent)

“A hilarious, madcap meditation on grown ups who are not quite ready to grow up. Her writing is as brilliantly inventive as her characters’ transgressions.” (Helen Walsh, author of The Lemon Grove)

“Brutally funny and heartfelt. I loved it.” (Lauren Beukes, author of Broken Monsters)

“A devilish tale, spun in angelic prose.” (John Niven, author of Kill Your Friends)

“Stunningly brilliant.” (Jenn Ashworth, author of A Kind of Intimacy )

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1443433039
• ISBN 13: 9781443433037
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256