Animals
Animals
paperback
Published:
4 June, 2015
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Description
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'There's no ceremony for friendship, is there?'
'Believe me, if I could marry you too, Tyler, I would.'
Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies. But things are set to change when Laura gets engaged to the man of Tyler's nightmares. Can their friendship survive? Or will growing up mean growing apart?
Prizes
Winner of Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781782112136 |
| ISBN10 | 1782112138 |
| Number Of Pages | 256 |
| Item Weight | 174 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 16 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Canongate Books |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
I wish I had written this book . . . Withnail with girls -- CAITLIN MORAN
Savagely funny, clever and wise. If it's not an instant cult classic I'm leaving the cult -- NATHAN FILER
Hilarious, moving and poetic * * Glamour * *
Animals is a riot. A kind of drunker, swearier Girls. I loved it -- MATT HAIG
[A] 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
Brutally funny and heartfelt. I loved it -- LAUREN BEUKES
A devilish tale, spun in angelic prose -- JOHN NIVEN
Stunningly brilliant -- JENN ASHWORTH
Casually high on insight, mercifully low on decorum, Animals is vital, funny, poignant and true. If you're looking for talent, style and the deep wisdom of misbehaviour, read it -- GLEN DUNCAN
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Author's Bio
Emma Jane Unsworth is a journalist and won the Betty Trask Award for her novel Hungry, the Stars and Everything. Her short story 'I Arrive First' was included in The Best British Short Stories 2012. In 2019, the film adaptation of Animals, starring Holliday Grainger, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She lives in Manchester.