Eating Mammals by John Barlow

Eating Mammals by John Barlow

Three wonderfully original, linked novellas based on true stories from the winner of the Paris Review's Discovery Award. A new voice from Yorkshire, John Barlow has been compared to Michel Faber and T. C. Boyle. This is his first book. A winged cat wreaks havoc in a Yorkshire workhouse. An autumnal romance between two pork pie makers is celebrated with a donkey wedding. The strange career of Michael 'Cast Iron' Mulligan is revealed by his unlucky apprentice Captain Gusto -- both men who eat -- and eat anything -- for a living. These are the stories that mark the debut of one of fiction's most original and assured new voices. And, remarkably, they all are based on fact. Gypsies, Victorian businessmen, servants, masters and unwise children come together in three gothic and moving novellas of magic and deception. Largely set in the nineteenth century, they combine the satisfactions of the finest novels with a playfulness that does not forfeit humanity. With the comic sensibility of Dickens and a taste for the macabre worthy of Irvine Welsh, John Barlow is a storyteller with a unique imagination who will continue to amaze and entertain us for many years to come.

'Eating Mammals will make you laugh, groan, retch, and ultimately be uplifted.. The world is a stranger and therefore better place now that Eating Mammals is in it..'Niall Griffiths

John Barlow teaches at the University of York but still prefers to live in Hull. He hopes soon to divide his time between Spain and the North. This is his first book.

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ISBN 13	9780007166480
ISBN 10	0007166486
Title	Eating Mammals
Author	John Barlow
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2004-03-15
Number of pages	272
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