Emma Jane Unsworth is a journalist and won the Betty Trask Award for her novel Hungry, the Stars and Everything. Her short story 'I Arrive First' was included in The Best British Short Stories 2012. In 2019, the film adaptation of Animals, directed by Sophie Hyde and starring Holliday Grainger, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
An utterly triumphant ode to female friendship
* * ELLE * *
Animals beautifully navigates the complexities of intimate
relationships. Never cloying or mawkish, it communicates
vulnerability, dependence and tenderness, often in a single
dazzling line . . . Like a riotous, careening night out, full of
bellowing laughter and absurd details, this is a book you'll be
talking about for years to come. It marks Unsworth as a tremendous
talent
* * Guardian * *
What makes this novel so fresh are the unexpected turns the story
takes
and the vividness, urgency and idiosyncratic panache of Unsworth's
writing
* * New York Times * *
Animals is a riot. A kind of drunker, swearier Girls. I loved
it
*MATT HAIG*
Hilarious, moving and poetic
* * Glamour * *
A gloriously over-the-top account of female friendship
* * Guardian * *
I wish I had written this book . . . Withnail with girls
*CAITLIN MORAN*
Unsworth's story is more complex than an ode to the party or a call
to responsible adulthood, and her characters shine with
humanity
* * New Yorker * *
Savagely funny, clever and wise. If it's not an instant cult
classic I'm leaving the cult
*NATHAN FILER*
What also makes Animals so fresh - apart from Emma Jane Unsworth's
lovely turn of phrase and ability to resuscitate the worst hangover
you've ever had - is just how filthy these girls are
* * Stylist * *
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