"The novel is written with energy and profound empathy, provoking the reader to consider their place in the world, and ensuring they will never see animals in the same way again."Ī day after Monday's announcement Laura tweeted it had "been the most astonishing 24 hours of my life". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards judges said, "McKay's novel is daring, original and ambitious, with a highly inventive use of language. "So it's a bit like 'careful what you wish for Jean'."Ī chatty dingo named Sue is a central character and Sue and Jean go on a road trip. Jean gets sick and realises animals are not saying what we want them to say. But she loves animals and works at a zoo.Ī pandemic breaks out and infected people can understand animals. Jean loves a drink and a smoke and finds it difficult to get along with other people. Readers come into the idea through the eyes of Jean, Laura says. The Animals in That Country explores what would happen if we could finally understand what animals are saying.
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