Open Throat by Henry Hoke

Title: Open Throat 
Author: Henry Hoke
Genre: Contemporary; Queer

Open Throat is an odd, bittersweet little novella told from the point of view of a mountain lion. The big cat lives in "ellay" not too far from the Hollywood sign actually. It routinely watches hikers, dog walkers, and keeps a protective eye on a homeless encampment. The cat, who goes unnamed for most of the novel struggles with human culture and it's own identity, and just exactly where it belongs (literally and figuratively). When tragedy strikes the homeless encampment, and the cat forms a friendship with a teenage girl it is able to put it's existence in perspective.

- Kate

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