Bazterrica plunges her readers into a whirlpool of indescribable inhumanity. This book will pull you in, take hold, and not let go until you reach the final page - perhaps far longer than that. Without a doubt, my favourite read of this year -- Christina Dalcher, author of 'VOX'

What a compelling, terrible beauty this novel is. My heart was breaking even as my skin was crawling -- Lisa McInerney, author of 'The Glorious Heresies'

There's nothing described that isn't done to livestock... grimly engrossing, with a sucker-punch ending. And it may well put you off that bacon sandwich ? The Times

Sitting comfortably? Not after even the tiniest nibble of this gut-churning, brilliantly realised novel ? Daily Mail

This is a hideous, bold and unforgettable vision of the future. Just make sure you've eaten before picking it up ? i-D Magazine

Chilling... elegantly translated... [a] very contemporary parable ? Observer

Horribly effective... This provocative novel expertly wields a double-edged cleaver... "in the end, meat is meat, it doesn't matter where it's from", it's a statement of both dystopic extremity and banal everyday fact ? Guardian

Provocative, muscular and entirely unforgiving, this terrifying novel is a timely reminder that words have the power to strip us of our humanity. I gulped it down with my heart racing -- Sue Rainsford, author of 'Follow Me to the Ground'

A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read ? Dazed

A compelling dystopian novel ? Independent

Skin-crawling yet compelling read ? Refinery29

Told with a chilly aloofness that makes the horror of it all the more disturbing ? Financial Times

[A] provocative Argentinian prizewinner ? Guardian

Unflinching until the end, with a disturbing finale that leaves you as dazed as one of the poor specimens in the abbatoir ? Culturefly

A brutal tale of what humans are capable of inflicting on themselves when social norms collapse. Grotesque, gloriously nasty. Utterly compelling -- Lucie McKnight Hardy, author of Water Shall Refuse Them

Fresh and exciting ? Washington Post
Sarah Moses is a writer and translator of French and Spanish. Her work has appeared in various publications including Brick, Event, and Harper's. She co-translated Sos una sola persona by Stuart Ross and Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize, among other awards. Her translation of Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh was published by Pushkin Press in 2020. Sarah divides her time between Buenos Aires and Toronto.