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Open Throat: A Novel
MCD
ISBN13:
9780374609870
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Open Throat is a blinding spotlight beam of a book that I was completely unable and unwilling to put down. I am not convinced Henry Hoke isnt a mountain lion. Catherine Lacey, author of Pew A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Lonely and fascinated by humanitys foibles, the lion spends their days protecting the welfare of a nearby homeless encampment, observing obnoxious hikers complain about their trauma, and, in quiet moments, grappling with the complexities of their gender identity, memories of a vicious father, and the indignities of sentience. I have so much language in my brain, our lion says, and nowhere to put it. When a man-made fire engulfs the encampment, the lion is forced from the hills down into the city the hikers call ellay. As the lion confronts a carousel of temptations and threats, they take us on a tour that spans the cruel inequalities of Los Angeles and the toll of climate grief, while scrambling to avoid earthquakes, floods, and the noise of their own conflicted psyche. 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? In elegiac prose woven with humor, imagination, sensuality, and tragedy, Henry Hokes Open Throat is a marvel of storytelling, a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing world told by a lovable mountain lion. Both feral and vulnerable, profound and playful, Open Throat is a star-making novel that brings mythmaking to real life.
- | Author: Henry Hoke
- | Publisher: Mcd
- | Publication Date: Jun 06, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 176 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 037460987X
- | ISBN-13: 9780374609870
- Author:
- Henry Hoke
- Publisher:
- Mcd
- Publication Date:
- Jun 06, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 176 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 037460987X
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374609870