false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg 657467 1 <div>Scott Bradfield's newest collection, <i>Hot Animal Love,</i> reads as if Raymond Carver penned Charlotte's Web &#8212; though for the kids this collection is surely not. Bradfield's witty, sardonic prose is brilliantly on display as the harsh emotional realities of contemporary life &#8212; exemplified by the basic instincts of love and hate &#8212; are played out across all facets of the animal kingdom. From a duck struggling to gain academic tenure and a penguin trying to drink himself to death, to personal ads for lonely canines, and the familiar antics of those poor, pitiful, humans themselves, Bradfield strips bare the very essence of human behavior and asks us to consider who the real beasts are &#8212; the results are both hilarious and profoundly moving.</div> 643555 16 8 2005 Hot Animal Love: Tales of Modern Romance total:6|5:2|4:2|3:2| 6 24 13 0 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 0 0 false Thu Aug 13 21:50:02 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 21:50:02 -0700 2009 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 0 0 false Sat Jul 11 13:17:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 13:17:24 -0700 2009 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 5 0 false Fri Jun 12 13:27:49 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 13:27:49 -0700 2009 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 5 0 false Thu May 07 12:51:47 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 12:51:47 -0700 2009 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 4 0 false Sat Apr 04 15:41:02 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 15:41:02 -0700 2009 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 0 0 false Wed Feb 11 20:57:47 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 20:57:47 -0800 2009 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 3 0 false Wed Nov 12 06:31:32 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 06:31:37 -0800 2008 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 3 0 false Sat Nov 08 20:54:58 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 20:54:58 -0800 2008 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 0 0 false Wed Jul 30 08:48:16 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 08:48:16 -0700 2008 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 0 0 false Fri Jul 25 12:42:59 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 12:42:59 -0700 2008 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 0 0 false Thu Nov 29 12:56:58 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 12:56:58 -0800 2007 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 0 0 false Wed Oct 10 19:23:56 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 19:23:56 -0700 2007 657467 0786715766 9780786715763 6 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176832568m/657467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/657467.Hot_Animal_Love_Tales_of_Modern_Romance 4 0 false Fri Aug 17 15:00:05 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 15:00:05 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=657467