Why did I love this book?
Very rarely does a novel truly shock and surprise me – in a good way. This one sure did.
Argentinian Bazterrica has created a dystopian world in which cannibalism has been normalized after a deadly virus depletes the world’s food sources. Out of this horror, a love story of surprising tenderness emerges between a worker in a human abattoir and one of his intended victims.
It is a work of true originality that makes you question what it means to live in a world where our humanity is becoming increasingly degraded and commodified.
5 authors picked Tender Is the Flesh as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
It all happened so quickly. First, animals became infected with the virus and their meat became poisonous. Then governments initiated the Transition. Now, 'special meat' - human meat - is legal.
Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - only no one calls them that. He works with numbers, consignments, processing. One day, he's given a gift to seal a deal: a specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her in his barn, tied up, a problem to be disposed of later.
But she haunts Marcos. Her trembling body, and watchful gaze, seem to understand. And soon, he becomes…