In this groundbreaking debut, Justin Torres plunges us into the chaotic heart of one family, the intense bonds of three brothers, and the mythic effects of this fierce love on the people we must become.

"We the Animals is a dark jewel of a book. It's heartbreaking. It's beautiful. It resembles no other book I've read."--Michael Cunningham

"A miracle in concentrated pages, you are going to read it again and again." --Dorothy Allison

"Rumbles with lyric dynamite . . . Torres is a savage new talent." --Benjamin Percy, Esquire

"A fiery ode to boyhood . . . A...