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Bazterrica is best when clinically describing the mechanisms of the harvesting process, from breeding to killing to butchering. After one of his clients gives him as a gift a “First Generation Pure” female-captive-bred, non-GMO human livestock-he begins to lust for her, though it’s a capital crime to “enjoy” females meant for breeding. Marcos is a dour character, emotionally hollow after the death of his son and working in a profession he despises to support his ailing father. Marcos Tejo works for a processing plant that slaughters genetically modified humans, or “head,” for consumption. Bazterrica efficiently establishes the premise: an animal-borne virus has led to the mass slaughter of all livestock, forcing the hungry populace to look for protein elsewhere (“At a chilling speed the world was put back together and cannibalism was legitimized”). Argentine writer Bazterrica’s uneven English-language debut disturbs with a vision of human cruelty and moral flexibility.
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