Open Throat
27 July 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
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...
Details
27 July 2023109 minutes
Pete Cross
9781035007776Imprint: Picador
Reviews
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 isn’t a mountain lion.Catherine Lacey, author of Pew
An instant classic . . . The writing is so sinuous, so wry and muscular, yet with a padding, pawing playfulness, that you’re ready to go anywhere Hoke wants to take you . . . It’s funny, it’s heartbreaking and nail-bitingly propulsive, with an exquisite Hitchcockian climax.Rahul Raina, The Guardian
The lion king of Los Angeles . . . Hoke’s choice of narrator results in some fang-sharp incisiveness and
The Observer
flashes of brilliant humour
A beguiling and memorable workThe Irish Times
