Open Throat

One of ELLE's Best Summer Books of 2023. Named a Most Anticipated Book by Buzzfeed and Literary Hub"Open Throat is a blinding spotlight beam of a book that I was completely unable and unwilling to put down." --Catherine Lacey. "My favorite book of this century so far." --Andrea Lawlor. "A fantastical, deeply moving, and original adventure." --Brontez Purnell A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Lonely and fascinated by humanity's foibles, the lion spends their days protecting a nearby homeless encampment, observing hikers complain about their trauma, and, in quiet moments, grappling with the complexities of their gender identity, memories of a vicious father, and the indignities of sentience. When a man-made fire engulfs the encampment, the lion is forced from the hills down into the city the hikers call "ellay." As the lion con