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_Animal World_, or _Mundo Animal_ for you linguistic purists, recalls, at its best, Jorge Luis Borges, a canonical Spanish writer.

Stories like "Concerning Vipers" (about, I would argue, a man's delightfully evil fixation with cruelty), "Koch's Butterflies," and the exquisite "Rescued Purity" (much more interesting than its title suggests) recall the strangeness of Borges' magically disturbing vistas of mens' ideas and the bizarre things and events that accompany them.

And, as much as I hate to judge a book by its cover, the more I look at this book's cover, a strangely photo-realistic painting of a man in a cat-suit, the more I am compelled to blow it up and paste it on my bedroom wall.

My only complaint? A reason for 4 stars instead of 5? Translation by H.E. Francis is sometimes too literal, possibly losing some of the flavor and color of the language. But in the stories mentioned above, and most others, the excitement of weirdness comes blazing through.

Cat-owners: the last story, my absolute personal favorite of the bunch, makes it all worth it. After reading it, look at the picture on the cover and get a stupid grin on your face.

At least I do. "Fuci-leopardo."

Just read it.

Trust me.