{"product_id":"of-cattle-and-men-by-ana-paula-maia","title":"Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the International Booker Prize Longlisted Author of On Earth As It Is BeneathAnimals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.In a landscape worthy of Cormac McCarthy, the river runs septic with blood. Edgar Wilson makes the sign of the cross on the forehead of a cow, then stuns it with a mallet. He does this over and over again, as the stun operator at Senhor Milo’s slaughterhouse: reliable, responsible, quietly dispatching cows and following orders, wherever that may take him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s important to calm the cows, especially now that they seem so unsettled: they have begun to run in panic into walls and over cliffs. Bronco Gil, the foreman, thinks it’s a jaguar or a wild boar. Edgar Wilson has other suspicions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut what is certain is that there is something in this desolate corner of Brazil driving men, and animals, to murder and madness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 11 Apr 2023, Charco Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781913867492\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 99 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57078813000062,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/of-cattle-and-men.webp?v=1773319293","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/of-cattle-and-men-by-ana-paula-maia","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}