We are thrilled that Laura Jean McKay's debut novel The Animals In That Country has been shortlisted for the The Kitschies Gold Tentacle Award. This award is for the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contains elements of the speculative or fantastic.
24 June, 2021
The Animals In That Country shortlisted for The Kitschies Gold Tentacle Award
The winners will be announced in a virtual ceremony on Wedneday 21st July 2021, and receive a total of £2,000 in prize money, as well as one of the prize’s iconic Tentacle trophies. For more information and to see the other shortlisted novels, please visit The Kitschies website.
Congratulations to Laura and all the other shortlisted authors!
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The Animals in That Country
WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks.
Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed grandma Jean has never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working as a guide in an outback wildlife park.
Then, a strange pandemic begins sweeping the country, its chief symptom that its victims begin to understand the language of animals. Many infected people lose their minds, including Jean’s son, Lee.
When he takes off with Kimberly, Jean follows, with Sue the dingo riding shotgun. As they travel, they discover a stark, strange world in which the animal apocalypse has only further isolated people from other species.
