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“The young British novelist A. K. Blakemore follows her cult hit debut The Manningtree Witches with another hard-edged historical novel, The Glutton. This new book is set during the French Revolution and is inspired by a man with an insatiable (perhaps even cannibalistic) appetite reported in an 18th-century paper. At once horrible and hallucinatory, The Glutton should appeal to fans of Ottessa Moshfegh.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
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