The New Animals
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Carla, Shannon and Duey have worked in fashion for longer than they care to remember. For them, there’s nothing new under the sun. They’re Generation X; tired, cynical and sick of being used.
Tommy, Cal and Kurt are millennials. They’ve come from nowhere, but with their monied families behind them they’re ready to remake fashion. They represent the new sincere, the anti-irony. Both generations are searching for a way out, an alternative to their messed-up reality.
Pip Adam’s new novel walks the streets of Auckland city now, examining the fashion scene, intergenerational tension and modern life with an unflinching eye. From the wreckage and waste of the 21st century, new animals must emerge.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
We enjoyed this book as a perceptive and original take on today’s world, with its Auckland setting evoked with a vivid sense of place. We particularly admired the author’s courageous willingness to discomfort the reader. The judges of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards agreed with us, choosing it for the Fiction award, the most prestigious literary prize in New Zealand.
Pip Adams is a fresh, new dynamic voice. Her novel, The New Animals, fearlessly examines the 21st century, the fashion scene, intergenerational tension and modern life in general.