Enter the Aardvark

Refreshing, different, highly inventive, witty, and moving, Enter the Aardvark is an absolute original. A budding politician's career is put in jeopardy when he receives a large stuffed aardvark in the post. Brilliant and funny, it's a biting satire about politics, love, and taxidermy for fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, and Joshua Ferris.

Discover the rip-roaringly funny satirical novel about a stuffed aardvark who threatens to derail a Republican Congressman's political career...

'It's a long time since I have enjoyed a novel so much. Fresh, witty, and smart it also has heart' - Kate Atkinson

'An ingenious political satire...deliciously astute, fresh, and terminally funny' - Guardian

'What begins as a topical takedown of the American political system deepens into a hugely enjoyable romp through history' - Observer

We all know politics is absurd. But could a scheming politician be brought down by a stuffed aardvark?

Republican congressman Alexander Paine Wilson is determined that nothing will stop him in his campaign for re-election. Not the fact that he is a bachelor, not the fact that his main adversary, Nancy Beavers—married, with children—is rising in the polls. Nothing.

That is, until one hot day in August, he receives a large parcel via FedEx. Inside is a gigantic taxidermy aardvark.

This aardvark has a surprising history—from the Victorian naturalist who discovered it to the taxidermist who deemed it his finest creation.

But for Wilson, the entrance of the aardvark sets off a chain of events that threaten to ruin his entire career.

Constantly surprising, brilliantly comic, and piquantly provocative, Enter the Aardvark is a tale for our times, a biting satire with a tender underbelly.

'So perfect and funny that you read it over and over, laugh every time...Completely insane but utterly hilarious' - John Boyne

'Inventive and darkly funny' - Time

'Fresh, astute and mouthwateringly sharp, this is a rare thing; a political satire that tugs on the heartstrings in unconventional ways' - Irish Times

'Spry, slim, clever...the inventiveness is impressive and the story has heart' - The Sunday Times

'The most fizzing and amusing novel of the year' - Strong Words magazine

'Sharp, inventive and very funny, it's an entertainingly bizarre political satire' - TATLER

'Weird, wonderful, and very much of the moment, Enter the Aardvark is a landmark political novel of the Trump era...With heart and humor, Anthony expertly skewers our current political climate' - Esquire