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Lisa Taddeo illustrates one woman's exhilarating transformation from prey into predator in Animal, the “ferociously beautiful” ( Library Journal ) debut novel from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Three Women, named to more than thirty best-of-the-year lists and hailed as “a dazzling achievement” ( Los Angeles Times) and “a heartbreaking, gripping, astonishing masterpiece” ( Esquire).

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