Beautiful Animals: A Novel

California Guy said "The Dark Was Not a Bad Place to Be.". Beautiful Animals is the third Osborne novel that I have read – Ballad for a Small Player and Hunters in the Dark the latter set in Cambodia, are the other two. I found similar themes in each, along with decadently descriptive prose. The two main characters are young, fit and beautiful females. One slightly younger and more beautiful than the other. “Beautiful as panthers” according to Sam, short for Samantha, an American on summer holid. Great summer read A gorgeously detailed thriller, addressing very current international dilemmas. Great summer read. I could not put it down !!!!. Kindle Customer said Mesmerizing. Beautifully written page turner that captures the the essence of a Greek isle while keeping you on psychological roller coaster.

Naomi, the daughter of a wealthy British art collector who has owned a villa in the exclusive hills for decades, convinces Sam, a younger American girl on vacation with her family, to help this stranger. As the two women learn more about the man, a migrant from Syria and a casualty of the crisis raging across the Aegean Sea, their own burgeoning friendship intensifies. Truly difficult to put down sophisticated, smart and uncomfortable, and the story is cracking." – Lionel Shriver, Washington Post "Startling

Osborne has a keen and sometimes cruel eye for humans and their manners and morals… Surprising and dark and excellent” – New York Times     “Elegant, stylish… edgy and gripping. This is a great book. A rich, disturbing, and compelling read."–  Kirkus (starred review)"Soaked in lush descriptions of the breathtaking Greek countryside brilliantly paced." – Booklist (starred review)Praise for Lawrence Osborne:    “Osborne’s writing is uncomfortably well observed; his story is sickeningly, addictively headlong” – Lionel Shriver, author of We Need to Talk about Kevin   “If the purpose of a novel is to take you away from the everyday and show you something different, then Osborne is succeeding, and handsomely” – Lee Child, New York Times Bo

He lives in Bangkok. . LAWRENCE OSBORNE is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Forgiven, The Ballad of a Small Player, and Hunters in the Dark, and of six books of nonfiction. His short story "Volcano" was selected for The Best American Short Stories 2012, and he has written for T