- Paperback: 346 pages
- Publisher: Beautiful Books (Feb 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1905636156
- ISBN-13: 978-1905636150
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #851,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
Product Description
A nightmarish vision of a very twisted food chain—you’ll never look at meat in the same way again
Abyrne is a decaying town, trapped by an advancing wilderness. Its people depend on meat for survival, meat supplied by the processing plant on the edge of town. Meat is sanctified and precious in Abyrne, eaten with devout solemnity by everyone. A feud smolders between the town's religious and secular powers—whoever controls the food supply controls everything, and conflict is imminent. But a handful of people suspect Abyrne is evil, rotten to its religious heart, and they are prepared to sacrifice everything for the truth. What goes on in the meat processing plant? Where does meat really come from? The townsfolk are hungry. The townsfolk must be fed.
About the Author
Joseph D’Lacey is the author of The Kill Crew.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon Canada
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
4.4 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
MEAT...once you're hooked you can't put it down, Feb 12 2009
By Michael Henshaw - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meat (Paperback)
I was hooked from the first page and before I knew it I was pounding through the pages, barely remembering to breath. The story maintains a brisk pace as the full horror of the town of Abyrne, a claustrophobic and wretched cage, is revealed. Despite the tempo, D'Lacey takes the time to develop all his characters providing both depth and frivolous embellishments, which allows the reader to empathise with their pitiless lives and chronic fear.
This grisly tale left an indelible mark on my psyche, but don't think this is just a superficial attempt to use sickening detail to carry an empty narrative. There is much more to this thought provoking tale, which not only enjoys some brilliant and recognisable insights into fear, but also asks you to consider what for you is an `acceptable' level of suffering.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Compelling, scary, unputdownable, May 16 2008
By Geoff Nelder "Geoff Nelder" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meat (Paperback)
This book isn't for the timid, and if you are, take your Gaviscon before settling down to read one of the few books that might change your life. To a vegetarian, the title might put you off; if you eat meat, you may be afraid of being lectured. Neither is the case. I'm vegan and didn't think anything about slaughterhouses or animal empathy could shock me, but I am dazed. Meat doesn't set out with a philosophical agenda, it is a great story, with plenty of action, characters, a post-apocalyptic setting and several threads. I'm not going to summarise the plot. It's enough to say that Harry Harrison's novel, which became the cult film, Soylent Green is for pussy cats compared to Meat.
I confess that I didn't initially like the short sections as the story unfolded from the point-of-view of several main characters, but with the pace so rapidly page-turning it isn't a serious complaint. Indeed, there are some fine literary moments inside the narrative. D'Lacey cleverly forces characters to not just step back to contemplate their actions and consequences, but to somehow reach inside, and then outside their psyche in a way I've not met in other novels. For example, speaking of that elusive spark in someone's eyes, but then when they die: `how could you not wonder where that light went?'
I hate Joseph D'Lacey because he's created phrases I'd wish I'd written. For example, we've all been to a works' dance where: `The music had a stretched, laboured sound to it, but it made the workers jump and twitch nevertheless.' He has a gift for inverting concepts that is envious. Savour this example:
`She stopped moving and listened hard. The silence was alive: like someone downstairs was listening for her, not the other way around.'
I am impressed that the end isn't easy to predict even though there is no plot dependency on a twist. Let's say that in my animal activist days, I nearly achieved in practice on the odd livestock farm, and still dream about what this book achieves with a whole futuristic town. This gutsy ambush is delivered cleverly, but not without gallons of gory blood, sometimes friendly blood.
Meat is horror, gruesome, and it has a message, whether or not you accept it. It is compelling reading, and it will haunt me forever.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Disturbing, Jun 8 2011
By BarkLessWagMore - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meat (Paperback)
I've read many horrific things and thought I'd read it all but this one truly frightened me because I can see things going this way in the case of an apocalypse or other such disaster, with those in a position of power taking advantage of those without. Call me gloomy but I don't have a lot of faith in man.
Meat is very thought provoking and reinforces my belief that raising animals in horrible conditions for meat and profit is wrong (though I'm not a full vegetarian this book may just push me and others over the edge).
It was haunting read,horrifying and unforgettable. It dragged a bit for me at the midway point when the focus shifted but overall it was one of those books I hated to put down when life interrupted.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
