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Meat (Paperback)

by Joseph D'Lacey (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Bloody Books (21 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1905636156
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905636150
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 200,639 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Review

"'Joseph D'Lacey rocks!' Stephen King 'an irresistibly intense debut novel' The Harrow 'Bloody Books have introduced us to an author that will be massive' Simon Key, Big Green Bookshop 'Page-turning horror' TQR Stories 'I'm not vegetarian but I'm tempted to become one. That alone speaks volumes about the power of this book' Fatally Yours"


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MEAT is a dystopian horror fable about the evils of factory farming and slaughter.

Richard Shanti, a guilt-ridden slaughterhouse worker, has serious misgivings about his job. He's known as the Ice Pick: the calmest, most efficient bolt-gunner in Abyrne s history. Yet, in secret, he and his family are vegetarian. If the authorities find out, he ll be tried and slaughtered for sacrilege along with the Chosen Abyrne's livestock.

MEAT is a tale of human depravity set in a grim post-cataclysmic England. Abyrne's townsfolk need meat to survive. Their religion promotes flesh-eating, their economy depends on it. Abyrne s ruling powers are the atheist Meat Baron, Rory Magnus, and the hyper-religious Parsons of the Welfare, headed by the Grand Bishop. The two factions despise each other but cannot maintain control without cooperating.

In the derelict quarter the heretical messiah, John Collins, is preaching a blasphemous new doctrine: Meat isn't necessary for survival. The townsfolk are listening. The tale begins as Abyrne faces its greatest conflict war between the Meat Baron and the Welfare.

Meanwhile, the townsfolk are hungry. The townsfolk must be fed...

Just a little of the praise MEAT has received:

''Joseph D'Lacey rocks!'' - Stephen King

''Atmospheric and chilling... an irresistibly intense debut novel with the potential to become a controversial horror classic.'' - Dru Pagliasotti, The Harrow

''Meat is a damning and workmanlike commentary on the human race s ceaseless appetite for meat...an undeniably powerful read.'' - Mathew Riley, Bookgeeks

''Meat is horror, gruesome, and it has a message...compelling reading, and it will haunt me forever.'' - Geoff Nelder, Café Doom

''People are going to discover that ''Meat'' is not just a speculative fiction novel with an underlying social statement, but that ''Meat'' is actually an important book and it should be required high school reading.'' - Timothy Deal, Shroud Magazine

''Brutal and tender...so much more than a horror novel...highly accomplished.'' - Stanley Riiks, Morpheus Tales


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Riveting Read, 18 Mar 2008
By K. Newitt (UK) - See all my reviews
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I surprised myself when I chose to read this gruesome horror story that is MEAT. Horror is far from my usual choice of preferred genre. I had heard something of the content and was intrigued so dared myself to take a step into this realm of reading material.
MEAT is a grim, gruesome, compelling and riveting read. It is a horror story with a strong moral substance. I don't agree with the criticism that the realisation of the source of meat came too early in the book. I think knowing the source made the detailed description of how meat is processed all the more horrific; I sat grimacing through sections of the book. All of the characters are very well defined. The antagonist is truly evil, the protagonist a man to applaud; one with whom the reader will want to follow and join in his crusade. I was not disappointed when I reached the end of this well told tale.
Perhaps not a read for the faint hearted, the detail is very graphic.
Though the story is obviously fantasy the parallels of life as we know it are clearly drawn making the reader appreciate the horror of this well researched topic.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Meat in a nutshell, 14 Jun 2008
By Jason Pittelli (Rome) - See all my reviews
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Well written, witty, and most of all AUTHENTIC. Joe D'Lacey shows us what the meat industry is really all about with this must-have expose. Fantastic. Well recommended.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read, both chilling and thought provoking, 25 May 2008
By Myfanwy Evans (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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A compelling and compulsive read which although chilling in subject matter, as the title might suggest also works on a number of thought provoking levels. The reader is drawn into a fantastical World by a fast flowing narrative, laced with what must be some hard hitting research making the subject matter less like fantasy and there by all the more chilling. I look forward to the author's next work as this is an excellent first.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Boring
My last review has not appeared so ill keep this brief!

I found this book boring - very predictable, the people in the story dull and lifeless. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stuart Woodruff

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been great.
I must admit I was left dissappointed by this book, a fantastic idea with great horror moments I found the characters lacking. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Macdonald

4.0 out of 5 stars A truly gruesome and grotesque tale
I enjoyed this book very much in the main. Very well written for a debut. The premise and the unfolding horror are handled extremely well and the reality, when it is fully... Read more
Published 2 months ago by James Barclay

4.0 out of 5 stars Great story - so very nearly a 5 star!
I found that the 'revelation' about the source of the 'meat' was woven into the story in such a subtle way, it made the story even more shocking! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. A. Christie

4.0 out of 5 stars Has set my mind whirring....
I first picked up this book to have a trashy horror read while in England two weeks ago. What I got instead, was a book that I have not been able to stop thinking about since I... Read more
Published 14 months ago by C. Gibson

4.0 out of 5 stars Meat is Supreme
***This review contains mild plot SPOILERS***

First, some context. My own strange relationship with MEAT (the substance and the book) really began 18 years ago, when... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Frazer Lee

5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT AN INDELIBLE STORY
Edgar Allen Poe, wrote stories, I still remember, and cause me to shudder. Joseph D'Lacy's writing stimulates your mind, churns your stomach and pacifies your spirit. Read more
Published 16 months ago by 74 year old Grandmother

5.0 out of 5 stars makes you truly wonder
Posted on behalf of KerryEdmonson, a reviewer from the USA:
WOW!! What a way to make your mind think and truly wonder "what DOES go on in the slaughterhouses?" Mr. Read more
Published 16 months ago by katherine_j

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not what I expected
From the reviews here I thought this book would have been dripping gore throughout and it was this factor that made me buy Meat with great apprehension. Read more
Published 16 months ago by L. Young

5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh, RAW horror. Holds NOTHING back. More, please.
From the first to the last, MEAT delivers the shocks like no other horror novel for years. The prose flow, the characters intreging, disgusting, amusing, curious. Read more
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