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.

"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

"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

"Fresh and exciting" - Washington Post