Enter the Aardvark: The wry, intelligent and uniquely funny novel about ambition, politics and taxidermy

Name: Enter the Aardvark: The wry, intelligent and uniquely funny novel about ambition, politics and taxidermy
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)

Jessica Anthony

Mar 2020 · Random House

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POLITICS IS ABSURD... Discover the bitingly funny satire that 'sizzles with uproarious fun, from its snout to the sting in its tale' (Independent)

[An] ingenious satire...The perfect tonic for testing times' GUARDIAN

'What begins as a topical takedown of the American political system deepens into a hugely enjoyable romp through history' OBSERVER

'It's a long time since I have enjoyed a novel so much. Fresh, witty and smart it also has heart' Kate Atkinson

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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 taxidermy 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 could be the very thing that brings him to his knees....

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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'So perfect and funny that you read it over and over, laugh every time...Completely insane but utterly hilarious' John Boyne

'Inventive and darkly funny' Time

'Fresh, astute and mouthwateringly sharp, this is a rare thing; a political satire that tugs on the heartstrings in unconventional ways' Irish Times

'Spry, slim, clever...the inventiveness is impressive and the story has heart' The Sunday Times

'The most fizzing and amusing novel of the year' Strong Words magazine

'Sharp, inventive and very funny, it's an entertainingly bizarre political satire' TATLER

'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

POLITICS IS ABSURD... Discover the bitingly funny satire that 'sizzles with uproarious fun, from its snout to the sting in its tale' (Independent) [An] ingenious satire...The perfect tonic for testing times' GUARDIAN 'What begins as a topical takedown of the American political system deepens into...

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1 review

Fran Dale

July 5, 2020

A very strange book, difficult to get into at first. I wonder if the aardvark is meant to represent something emotional or psychological. It was not "achingly funny", I think i laughed once. I'm glad i got it as an ebook on special offer, i wouldn't have wanted to pay the hardback price. F Dale.

About the author

Jessica Anthony is the author of The Convalescent (McSweeney’s/Grove), a Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection, and Chopsticks (Razorbill), a multimedia novel created in collaboration with designer Rodrigo Corral. Chopsticks, was an Amazon Book of the Month and won App of the Year. Anthony’ short stories can be found in Best New American Voices, Best American Nonrequired Reading, McSweeney’s, The Idaho Review and elsewhere. She is the inaugural winner of McSweeney’s “Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award,” and has recently received fellowships from the Creative Capital Foundation for Innovative Literature, the Bogliasco Foundation in Bogliasco, Italy, and the Maine Arts Commission. Anthony has been a butcher in Alaska, an unlicensed masseuse in Poland, a secretary in San Francisco. In 2017, while writing Enter the Aardvark, her next novel, Anthony was working as “Bridge Guard,” guarding the Maria Valeria Bridge between Štúrovo, Slovakia and Esztergom, Hungary. Normally, she lives in Maine and teaches at Bates College.

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