Synopsis: “Hot Animal Love reads as if Raymond Carver penned Charlotte's Web. From a duck struggling to gain acceptance in publish-or-perish academia and a hedonistic penguin trying to drink himself to death, to the all-too-familiar antics of those poor, pitiful humans themselves, Bradfield chips away at the barriers we use to shield ourselves from the blunt realities of contemporary life. Equipped with nimble yet powerful prose and biting wit, Bradfield uses his debauched cast of critters to strip bare the very essence of human behavior - our greed, our lust, our love, and our hate - and ask us to consider who the real beasts are. The results are hilarious, disturbing, and very often, profoundly moving.” (publisher's synopsis)