Eating Mammals - by John Barlow (Paperback)

Name: Eating Mammals - by John Barlow (Paperback)
Brand: Harper Perennial
SKU: 1005012953
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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: September 14, 2004

TCIN: 1005012953

UPC: 9780060591755

Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-5466

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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