John Sweeney

Eating People Is Normal

In the Time of Madness

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‘Delicious,’ said the cannibal, ‘like chicken.’ How like chicken? Like KFC? Or coq-au-vin? Or Domino’s chicken fingers? One of the many disappointments of this unappetising offering is Richard Lloyd Parry’s failure to challenge the cannibals further on the exact texture and taste of human flesh. What’s the point of hanging out with the man-munchers of Borneo if you don’t ask the tough questions?

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