"This is an outstanding debut novel, a fresh and unusual
achievement . . . As the title implies, it has all the dirt, stink,
rasp and flavour of the time." - The Daily Telegraph (London)
Torn in two by a vicious Civil War, Seventeenth Century England was
the scene of extraordinary violence. Among the soldiers travelling
across the country from one deadly battle to another is Jacob
Cullen, a former servant who dreams of baptizing himself with the
blood of battle into a new life after the war. Only his brewing
erotic obsession with a fellow fighter threatens his plans.
A dark, erotic tale of passion and obsession, AS MEAT LOVES SALT is
a gripping portrait of England beset by war, and the harrowing tale
of a man on the edge of madness. Hailed as a masterpiece, this is
an extraordinary first novel by a most original new voice in
fiction.
"Creeps up on the reader from behind, gathering an emotional
momentum and intensity . . . it imaginatively re-creates the
mentality of a society racked by war and intoxicated by radical new
ideas of freedom and change. "--Times Literary Supplement (London)
"An inventive and vigorous debut novel set in 17th century England
at a time of revolution ... urgent and energetic, full of
voluptuous descriptions of food, paintings and lifestyles, as well
as the war scenes. [Maria McCann's] language is bold and alive, and
the reader is drawn into the story right from the start."--
Independent on Sunday (London)
Maria McCann was born in Liverpool in 1956. Since 1985 she has been
a lecturer in English at a Somerset college. As Meat Loves Salt is
her first book.
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Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | Review
by: Dudley R.
Maria McCann weaves a dark, erotic tale of passion and obsession, order and chaos between two men in Cromwell's New Model England.
The book lives an indelible print on the mind long after its closing and of such is literary magic made.
Dudley Ristow
Johannesburg.
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