Tender is the Flesh

Bazterrica's writing is ferocious; she has vision and intent. When you least expect it, her narrative hits her target, and leaves you trembling -- Samanta Schweblin, author of 'Fever Dream'
Absolutely disgusting, utterly gripping -- Mark Haddon
This is a hideous, bold and unforgettable vision of the future. Just make sure you've eaten before picking it up * i-D Magazine *
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'
A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read * Dazed *
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 *
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 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 *