The Mountain Lion (Faber Editions): 'I love this novel' Patricia Lockwood

Introduced by Hilton Als, in 'one of the best novels about adolescence in American literature' (New York Times), The Mountain Lion tells the story of two siblings coming of age in a mountainous wilderness.

'One of the strangest and angriest novels of the twentieth century.' - Lauren Groff

'An extraordinary, savage novel.' - Olivia Laing

'I love this novel.' - Patricia Lockwood

• Ralph and Molly are inseparable siblings: united against the stupidity of daily routines, their prim mother, and prissy older sisters.
• This untamed wilderness soon becomes tainted by dark stirrings of sexual desire.
• The pressures of growing up drive an irrevocable rift between them, leading to a devastating end to their innocent childhoods.

'Beautiful, and sensitive, and quickening.' - Eileen Myles

'A glimmer of genius.' - Rumaan Alam

'Breathtakingly original.' - Tessa Hadley

'A brilliant achievement [to] set beside Carson McCullers's masterwork The Member of the Wedding.' - Joyce Carol Oates