As Meat Loves Salt (Harvest Original)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.60 (662 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 015601226X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 565 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the seventeenth century, the English Revolution is under way. But the shattering events of war will overtake them.A darkly erotic tale of passion and obsession, As Meat Loves Salt is a gripping portrait of England beset by war. Hailed as a masterpiece, this is a first novel by a most original new voice in fiction.A Harvest Original. Jacob Cullen and his fellow soldiers dream of rebuilding their lives when the fighting is over. It is also a moving portrait of a man on the brink of madness. The nation, seething with religious and political discontent, has e
Gritty and garish, tough and tender, romantic and real M. FUSCO Maria McCann has a winner with her epic debut novel. Very few writers can capture the feel and sound of another age as she does. The dialogue and situations always feel right for Cromwell's England. The story is appropriately harsh at times, as befits a country in civil war and a society of feudal servitude.Jacob Cullen is dark, muscular, and handsome, with a yen to master his surroundings. Coupled with his jealous rage, he has a problem and conflict in his life. He meets Ferris in Cromwell's army and, not . I fell in love with this book it's sooo good I fell in love with this book it's sooo good!!! Decided to give it a review since I'm about to read it again . An Absorbing and Powerful First Novel As Meat Loves Salt is a book that, as one of the jacket blurbs states, was woefully overlooked when it came to an evaluation of the best books of the year. The relationship between Jacob and Ferris is incredibly compelling and three-dimensional, as is the rest of this astounding first novel. The reader is submerged in the story completely and by the story's end is still left longing for more. Rich in sensual and psychological detail, this is one novel I would strongly urge others to experience, for it is li
Expect a lost weekend. With her first book, As Meat Loves Salt, Maria McCann joins a small, esteemed company of writers--Umberto Eco and Gore Vidal among them--whose historical novels are meticulously researched, politically acute, and rattling good reads. --Regina Marler. All this is perfect training for a military career, and Jacob soon finds himself in Cromwell's New Model army and in thrall to a charismatic man named Ferris. Set in the 17th century, during the English civil war, As Meat Loves Salt follows the misadventures of Jacob, born a gentleman but raised a servant, whose overdeveloped sense of personal dignity leads him from one crisis to another. When the book opens, he is already a murde