A coming-of-age tale of Homeric Odysseian proportions, A Real Animal is a typhonic stunner of a debut. If Lily King wrote the screenplay for an Ari Aster film, it would look ALMOST something like A Real Animal, but it is also totally original. Not one to miss.
A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood, (List Price: $29, Catapult, 9781646222964, July 2026)
Reviewed by Dominic, Book & Bottle in St. Petersburg, FL