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Eating Mammals - by John Barlow (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Eating Mammals - by John Barlow (Paperback)

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  • Author(s): John Barlow
  • 272 Pages
  • Fiction, Short Stories (single author)

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From the Back Cover



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

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


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
Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: John Barlow
Language: English
Street Date: September 14, 2004
TCIN: 1005012953
UPC: 9780060591755
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-5466
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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