Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Probably our most popular horror book of 2024! Not for the faint-hearted.

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 tortured by what has been lost - and what might still be saved.

• Format: Paperback / softback
  224 pages
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Published: 5 Nov 2020
• Weight: 200g
• Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 20 (mm)
• Pub. Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English
• Country of Origin:GB