ABREU, Andrea. Dogs of Summer.

(London): Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022. First UK edition. Hardcover. 22.3cm by 14cm. 166 pages. Translated from the Spanish by Julia Sanches. The English-language debut of one of the most distinctive young voices in contemporary Spanish literature. First published in Spain in 2020 as Panza de burro, the novel became an unexpected literary phenomenon, winning critical acclaim for its uncompromising use of Canarian dialect and its lyrical, visceral portrayal of female adolescence. Set in the cloud-covered uplands of northern Tenerife during a sweltering summer, the novel charts the obsessive friendship between two girls whose intimacy gradually darkens into rivalry, desire, and violence. A near fine copy in dustwrapper.