Sink your teeth into surreal book about ultimate taboo
Science: Eat Me, Bill Schutt, Profile Books, hdbk, 320 pages, €17.50
Bill Schutt. Photo: Jerry Ruotolo
Cannibalism, as Bill Schutt points out in this history of the subject, may be one of the greatest taboos in human society. Move to the animal kingdom, though, and it's not frowned upon quite so much.
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