Named after her mother's cellulite cream, teenage Estee flees home only to struggle further with the strange appetites of the American male. The three men of her life are the omnivores of the title: her rapacious father, her common-law husband and her terrible toddling cannibal baby.
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'All manner of voracious American appetites are darkly lampooned in this strange, often very funny debut' -- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
'Reads like a cartoon with soul' -- LOS ANGELES TIMES --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'Reads like a cartoon with soul' -- LOS ANGELES TIMES --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Lydia Millet was born in Toronto, Canada in 1968. She has worked in L.A., copyediting publications such as BUSTY BEAUTIES and HUSTLER, and S.W.A.T. (For The Prepared American) and FIGHTING KNIVES (America's Most Incisive Cutlery Publication)
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Simon Logan
Format:Paperback
This is one of those books that you read without expecting too much from it but with each new line you read you like it more and more. It was just like a dark comic book in literary form and definately worth a shot if you fancy something a bit different. It seemed like a story straight out of the indy press zine "The Dream Zone". I loved it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
She is the future of writing
23 Jan 1997
By A Customer
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Format:Hardcover
Omnivore is the most impressive first novel I've read in a long time. I'm eagerly awaiting Ms. Millet's next work
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best damned fiction available in a country of fiction
24 Sep 1998
By A Customer
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Format:Hardcover
Lydia Millet succeeds where everyone but James Joyce fails. She creates a language of dichotomous touchstones known to some, feared by most, swallowed, digested, and converted to the very lives of others. Nothing comes close to Millet's diffraction of neo-americana.
If you are going to read one book this year, read this one, then dial 911.
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Not at all enjoyable
29 Oct 2001
By Angela Richardson
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Format:Hardcover
I'm not a fan of showy, surreal novels, and this is surely one.
Estee Kraft is raised by her delusional father, who stages cockfights for family picnic entertainment, and her bedridden mother, who is obsessed with all things Betty (Grable, Boop, etc.). A lot of unusual and upsetting things happen, until eventually, Estee finds herself pregnant by the would-be real estate mogul her father has determined she should marry. The baby is born a cannibal, who eats every living thing in his sight line. Bizarre enough for you?
I read this entire book (thankfully, it's quite short) with a feeling of revulsion, though I can't quite pinpoint why. It was somehow just very unpleasant. I will admit to having some level of curiosity to see how the whole debacle would end. (Predictably weird.) There are hints throughout that Estee may be delusional herself, and there are lots of ties to the whole "eating everything" theme (see the book's title), but I really didn't care a lick. Not recommended at all.
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