Eating Mammals Three Novellas
Eating Mammals Three Novellas by John Barlow, published by Harper Collins on September 14, 2004, is a collection of three mythical tales set in Victorian England. This edition, comprising 266 pages, presents a blend of historical and literary fiction, featuring characters such as gypsies, businessmen, and servants, all intertwined in narratives that evoke a time where the magical feels almost tangible.
Readers will encounter a variety of imaginative scenarios, including a winged cat causing chaos in a Yorkshire workhouse and a stunt eater mentoring his apprentice in the art of consumption. The stories also explore a budding romance between two meat-pie makers, culminating in a whimsical wedding involving adorned donkeys. With themes that touch on feminism and the complexities of human relationships, Eating Mammals showcases Barlow’s distinctive voice and storytelling prowess.
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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.
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