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Filthy Animals

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Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor delves into the lives of interconnected characters navigating love and desire in a contemporary setting. Through a series of linked stories, the book explores moments of intimacy and tension among a diverse group of friends and acquaintances. Themes of vulnerability and connection are woven throughout, painting a vivid picture of modern human relationships.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring intricate human emotions and relationships through interconnected stories. Delving into themes of desire, loneliness, and the complexity of modern life, it offers a vivid snapshot of characters grappling with their identities in various settings. Perfect for those who appreciate deep, character-driven narratives with an empathetic and insightful gaze.

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Filthy Animals

A hotly charged new work of fiction from the BookerPrize shortlisted author of Real Life.

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In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young adults in the American Midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness.

In other stories, a young woman battles with the cancers draining her body and her family; menacing undercurrents among a group of teenagers explode in violence on a winter night; a little girl tears through a house like a tornado, driving her babysitter to the brink; and couples feel out the jagged edges of connection, comfort, and cruelty.

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Brandon Taylor's Filthy Animals showcases his keen observational skills, providing precise and clinically detailed depictions of diverse experiences, from tennis matches to intimate encounters. The book highlights Taylor's emergence as a significantly promising writer.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781911547983

Publisher: Daunt Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Daunt Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 0g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Brandon Taylor is the senior editor of Electric Literature's Recommended Reading and a staff writer at Literary Hub. His writing has earned him fellowships from Lambda Literary Foundation, Kimbilio Fiction, and the Tin House Summer Writer's Workshop. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa, where he was an Iowa Arts Fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in fiction.

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