“Alan Fishbone occasionally conjures the Roman poet Catullus (amid many subjects), and like that great role model he's unafraid to explore the messy effluvia of life: wet coffee grounds on a wall, excreta, the smell of a musky goat. He's also not afraid to explore the pain of betrayal. His voice in this collection of edgy, gritty encounters with life is interspersed with that of his scarred German friend, Dieter, to form a jangling, modernist counterpoint that’s highly addictive.”— James Romm, Professor of Classics at Bard College and author of The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers and the Last Days of Greek Freedom
"A devilish double pour of modern grit and love of antiquity, Alan Fishbone’s Animal is honest, fearless, and stunningly inventive."— Daniel Magariel, author of Walk the Darkness Down
“Boldly experimental in form, yet with enough narrative drive to hold the reader’s attention, Animal: Notes from a Labyrinth is a refreshingly challenging read. Author Alan Fishbone’s meta-textual, frequently scatological novella will linger long in the memory of those bold enough to enter its labyrinth.”— IndieReader