Animal Planet

A novel about the implausible possibility that animals would turn their own world into a garbage dump, and their own lives into a series of awful jobs and burned out political and economic philosophies. This is a new, revised edition of the 1995 novel, featuring a new afterword by the author.

"A viciously dark and engaging satire... A passionate, daring book reminiscent of Orwell's ANIMAL FARM and Vonnegut's PLAYER PIANO." Kirkus Reviews

"An inventive satire... Scott Bradfield writes beautifully." Francine Prose, The New York Times Book Review.

"A narrative riot... Bradfield takes a swipe at all the icons of modern life–hollow politicians, media manipulators, fifteen-minutes-of-famers, and, behind them all, the ruthless, blood-sucking hegemony of multinational corporations... A delirious, cynically witty take on modern life." Jennifer Howard, The Washington Post Book World.

"ANIMAL PLANET is a major milestone in the cause of full equality and comfortable clothes for all our fellow vertebrates–birds, beasts and Eskimos. It's also a milestone of blackest satire by comparison to which George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM comes off as a long PC snooze." Thomas M. Disch

"A comic inferno... ANIMAL PLANET demonstrates Scott Bradfield's ferocious humour, his passionate freshness of language." Times Literary Supplement.

“Animal Planet is full of set-pieces of satirical brilliance, strung onto a thread of high-quality, hyper-alert writing that never lets up for a moment.” The (London) Independent

“In this brilliant satire, propelled by a furious comic inventiveness somewhere between Carl Hiassen and John Kennedy Toole, the spotlight is on contemporary society and the obstacles facing collective desires for freedom... A born novelist in the way Orwell never set out to be... Bradfield has done a remarkable thing in writing a deliriously funny book... a book to be relished.” The (London) Observer

“Imagine Animal Farm on speed. The inmates have broken out of London Zoo and all hell has been set loose. Into the furry, feathery storm comes Charlie the Crow, a sassy honcho who knows how to get the media eating out of his claw. Aided by a wisecracking penguin called Buster . . A beautiful, brilliant satire on our postmodern world in all its trashy silliness.” Maxim

“Astonishingly funny... A crucially sophisticated and timely rewriting of the nature of allegory... a hugely accomplished text. This is going to be a famous book.” John Clute

“Immensely enjoyable, informative, well-written... Animal Planet deserves to be read.” Edinburgh Review