![]() ![]() ![]() It was simply women’s pain that manifested as madness.’ Like her character, Taddeo lets loose without emotional or stylistic restraint. Post #MeToo, women are out for revenge: ‘The world had set me up to believe that it was women who went mad. While the subjects of Three Women came across as a little pathetic, our anti-heroine is ready to steal, cheat, kill and joke. The threads of suspense are expertly woven as the story shuttles between past and present. Only gradually does it become clear why Joan is how she is, and why she is so obsessed with this younger woman. This event does not so much upset her as prompt her to go cross country and seek out Alice, a beautiful, mysterious yoga teacher in Los Angeles. ![]() I hope you like me.’ She leaves New York after her former lover shoots himself in the face in a restaurant while she’s on a date with another man. Animal is the first-person account of Joan, a slightly unhinged 37-year-old woman: ‘I am depraved. ![]()
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