Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet's biting satire of American values tells the story of Estee Kraft, a young woman forced to indulge the loathsome caprices of her vacuous husband, megalomaniacal father, and terrible toddling son-- a "cannibal baby" who from birth consumes everything from tortilla chips to his own toenail. Navigating her world as a wife, daughter, and mother, Estee bears wide-eyed witness to the hideous voracity of the human animal. First published in 1996, Omnivores heralded the arrival of "one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation" ( Los Angeles Times ). This extraordinary debut remains as original--and timely--as ever. "Bizarre, wonderfully inventive."-- New York Times "Omnivores reads like a cartoon with soul."-- Los Angeles Times "All manner of voracious American appetites-- for sex, power, and possessions--are darkly lampooned in this strange, often very funny debut." -- Entertainment Weekly.