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Eating Mammals: Three Novellas

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The three novellas of this book's title are: the title story 'Eating Mammals' which is about a professional eater called Captain Gusto, (kind of like Kobayashi Takeru only he'll literally eat anything), 'The Possession of Thomas-Bessie: a Victorian Melodrama' about a strange cat, born with a pair of small wings (don't worry, it's not in the least cutesy or cat-fancieresque), and finally 'The Donkey Wedding at Gomersal, recounted by an inhabitant of that place' about a rather odd wedding (I'll let you guess what exactly was odd about it).

They're all good solid stories, engagingly written, but the title story takes the cake, so to speak. I don't want to spoil it, but one of the last scenes is so perfectly, viscerally, stomach-churningly written that I literally felt sick reading it. Anyone can write a gross-out scene, but this is different, it was kind of a gross-out elevated to the level of art.

I recommend this book to all comers (provided they have a strong stomach) and I invite you to check out the author's first full-length novel 'Intoxicated', which I'm eagerly looking forward to reading.

I bought the book just a few days ago and managed to read it in its entirety in just two days. The writing is excellent--quick-witted and even a little bit tongue-in-cheek at times--and the stories themselves are great. Yes, at times they are quite gross, but, really, the humor outweighs it by a landslide. This book is definitely worth a read.

While another reviewer found this book to be both "touching" and "disgusting", I found it to be simply disgusting.
I was entranced by the back cover of the book; the synopsis it presented was enticing. However, though tales of winged cats and men who can consume all things sound innocuous enough, the actual tales are revolting. Be prepared for tales of eating rotten dog and gruesome descriptions of animal cruelty.
I was so repulsed I couldn't finish the book.

Come on! This is a great, great read. Witty and stylish writing, but warm hearted. read it, y'all! It reminded me of Edgar Allen Poe, but funny and pacier. Cool.

I have only read the first novella in the collection, the one for which the volume is named. As there are no other reviews on this item, I figured what the heck.

I picked up this book because it looked totally different from other things I've seen. And it is. I was amazed, flabbergasted, disgusted, and touched. So all in all, you should pick it up and check it out.