'It's a long time since I have enjoyed a novel so much. Fresh,
witty and smart it also has a heart.' KATE ATKINSON 'Sizzles with
uproarious fun, from its snout to the sting in its tale.'
INDEPENDENT 'The perfect tonic for testing times.' GUARDIAN We all
know politics is absurd. But could a Republican be brought down by
a stuffed aardvark? Republican congressman Alexander Paine Wilson
is determined that nothing will stop him in his campaign for
re-election. Not the fact that he is a bachelor, not the fact that
his main adversary Nancy Beavers - married, with children - is
rising in the polls. Nothing. That is, until one hot day in August,
he receives a large parcel via FedEx. Inside is a gigantic
taxidermied aardvark. This aardvark has a surprising history - from
the Victorian naturalist who discovered it to the taxidermist who
deemed it his finest creation. But for Wilson, the entrance of the
aardvark sets off a chain of events that threaten to ruin his
entire career. Constantly surprising, brilliantly comic and
piquantly provocative, Enter the Aardvark is a tale for our times,
a biting satire with a tender underbelly.
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paragraph near the start of a novel is so perfect and funny that
you read it over and over, laugh every time, and know you're in for
a treat...I'm loving this. Completely insane but utterly
hilarious'. JOHN BOYNE 'Spry, slim, clever...the inventiveness is
impressive and the story has heart' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'What begins
as a topical takedown of the American political system deepens into
a hugely enjoyable romp through history.' OBSERVER 'Fresh, astute
and mouthwateringly sharp, this is a rare thing; a political satire
that tugs on the heartstrings in unconventional ways.' IRISH TIMES
'Sharp, inventive and very funny, it's an entertainingly bizarre
political satire.' TATLER 'Part 21st-century political satire, part
unexpectedly affecting 19th-century love story...It's every bit as
strange as it sounds, and yet somehow it works' DAILY MAIL 'Old,
dead creature brings down flash, vain senator... Out in front as
the most fizzing and amusing novel of the year.' STRONG WORDS
magazine 'A blisteringly innovative and outrageous novel.' NY
OBSERVER 'Weird, wonderful, and very much of the moment, Enter the
Aardvark is a landmark political novel of the Trump era...With
heart and humor, Anthony expertly skewers our current political
climate.' ESQUIRE 'Inventive and darkly funny...as Anthony connects
characters from today with those from 19th-century England, she
offers an original and unsettling lens through which to view male
power as it has evolved over time.' TIME 'Enter Jessica Anthony.
With her highly inventive, ever attentive, and morally serious (as
all great comedy must be) Enter the Aardvark, she estranges all
over again our deplorable political moment, and thereby helps make
it bearable.' JOSHUA FERRIS 'Mischievously zoological and darkly
satirical - a brilliant novel' JOHN IRONMONGER, author of NOT
FORGETTING THE WHALE 'A feverish, rollicking beast of a book.
Totally assured, completely unpredictable, Jessica Anthony has
created a true original.' SIMON WROE, author of CHOP CHOP and HERE
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