<![CDATA[Animal Crackers]]>

false <![CDATA[Animal Crackers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178715888m/824299.jpg 824299 11 With bravura storytelling, daring imagination, and fierce narrative control, this dazzling debut introduces that rare writer who finds humanity in our most unconventional behavior, and the humor beneath our darkest impulses. In these ten strange, funny, and unnerving stories, animals become the litmus test of our deepest fears and longings. In the title story, an elephant keeper courts danger from his gentle charge; in “Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus,” a headstrong young woman in Africa is lured by the freedom of the monkeys in the trees; in “Talk Turkey,” a boy has secret conversations with the turkeys on his friend’s family’s farm; in “Slim’s Last Ride,” a child plays chilling games with his pet rabbit; in “Gallus Gallus,” a pompous husband projects his anger at his wife onto her prized rooster. This fresh, inventive debut will introduce Hannah Tinti as one of the most gifted writers of her generation. Enter her world at your own risk, and you will come away bewitched. From the Hardcover edition. 810075 book 2004 Animal Crackers total:161|5:37|4:67|3:37|2:13|1:7| 161 597 263 36 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 14:57:49 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 17:56:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:29:48 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:22:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 08:58:26 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 11:21:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 07:22:58 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 07:32:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 09:37:48 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 09:41:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Oct 29 09:02:22 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 09:03:47 -0700 2008
The writer herself is quite talented. But a second reading revealed that she might...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 29 11:14:14 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 19 15:00:59 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 29 11:14:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Apr 22 13:10:53 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 29 05:42:21 -0700 2009
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I had forgotten how good these stories really are. Tinti has such a confident hand and sure writing style. Sh...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 18 11:24:13 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 11:26:55 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 18:55:32 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 18:56:54 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 09:18:02 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 09:21:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 03 14:52:41 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 14:53:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 28 13:20:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 14:26:21 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 15:32:41 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:34:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 18:27:44 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 04:54:16 -0700 2008 about the animals at all. They are essentially short but rather intense studies of human beings and their bizarre behaviors and complicated relationships. All of these stori...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 17:42:37 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 14:00:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 18:05:36 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 18:08:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Nov 22 22:24:06 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 15 14:14:38 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 22:24:06 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Sep 04 14:02:40 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 20:00:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 02 12:26:20 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 12:30:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=824299