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Eating Mammals - by John Barlow (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • In the tradition of T. C. Boyle, Steven Millhauser, and Michel Faber -- with a penchant forthe macabre worthy of Irvine Welsh -- comes Eating Mammals.
  • Author(s): John Barlow
  • 272 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)

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Book Synopsis



In the tradition of T. C. Boyle,
Steven Millhauser, and Michel Faber -- with a penchant for
the macabre worthy of Irvine Welsh -- comes Eating Mammals.

Gypsies, businessmen, servants, masters, and unwise children come together in three mythical tales from Victorian England. Eating Mammals evokes a lost time and place in which the realm of the magical seems almost too possible: a winged cat wreaks havoc in a Yorkshire workhouse and then in the minds of a succession of owners; a famed stunt eater introduces his apprentice, Captain Gusto, to the delicate art of devouring anything for a living; a blooming romance between two meat-pie makers leads thirty-two adorned donkeys to the altar. Wholly original and as assured as folklore, Eating Mammals marks the arrival of a very distinctive new voice.



Review Quotes




"Barlow's imagination appears unlimited, almost attuned to a parallel world." -- New York Times Book Review

"If EdwardGorey and FlanneryO'Connor were to collaborate on a book of fiction, it might wind up alot like Eating Mammals." -- New York Newsday


Dimensions (Overall): 7.98 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .66 Inches (D)
Weight: .48 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: John Barlow
Language: English
Street Date: May 27, 2015
TCIN: 91285961
UPC: 9780060591755
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-5768
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.66 inches length x 5.3 inches width x 7.98 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.48 pounds
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