English Animals

Author: Laura Kaye
Publisher: Little, Brown
Category: LGBT, Romance
Book Format: Hardcover

'A beautiful and bold debut' M.J. Hyland, author of the Man Booker-shortlisted Carry Me DownIt's a long time since I've enjoyed any debut novel as much as English Animals. Its command of tone, narrative and character is so assured, and both its wit and perceptiveness about a certain kind of English life make it a joy to read' Amanda CraigEnglish Animals is a brilliantly assured debut that fans of Nina Stibbe's writing will love.I opened my mouth to say something but she ran up the steps and into the house. I had imagined arriving at the house so many times, but it was never like this. I realised I knew nothing about these people. Richard and Sophie sounded like good names for good people. But they could be anything, they could be completely crazy.When Mirka gets a job in a country house in rural England, she has no idea of the struggle she faces to make sense of a very English couple, and a way of life that is entirely alien to her. Richard and Sophie are chaotic, drunken, frequently outrageous but also warm, generous and kind to Mirka, despite their argumentative and turbulent marriage.Mirka is swiftly commandeered by Richard for his latest money-making enterprise, taxidermy, and soon surpasses him in skill. After a traumatic break two years ago with her family in Slovakia, Mirka finds to her surprise that she is happy at Fairmont Hall. But when she tells Sophie that she is gay, everything she values is put in danger and she must learn the hard way what she really believes in. English Animals is a funny, subversive, poignant and beautifully written novel about a doomed love affair, a certain kind of Englishness and prejudice.

About Laura Kaye
Laura Kaye grew up in rural Oxfordshire and lives in London. This is her first book.

(BK-9781408708231)

SKU BK-9781408708231
Barcode # 9781408708231
Brand Little, Brown
Artist / Author Laura Kaye
Shipping Weight 0.4000kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.030m
Shipping Length 0.220m
Assembled Length 22.300m
Assembled Height 3.200m
Assembled Width 14.200m
Type Hardcover

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