AS MEAT LOVES SALT
by Maria McCann
An Economist: 'Book of the year'.
This remarkable first novel recreates Cromwellian England in a way that few readers will forget.
Torn in two by the vicious civil war , this is an England of extra ordinary, never before seen bloody violence.
Among the soldiers traveling across the ravaged country from one battle to the next is Jacob Cullen, a former servant who dreams of a new life after the war.
However living as the new model army was living did unexpected things to many men, and he finds him self drawn into an obsession with Ferris, a fellow fighter. At a time this type of thing is a hanging offense, the men dessert from Cromwell's army, even that too a similarly punishable act.
McCann's depiction of an England beset by war , the gore, terror, and horrors of the battle field and the harrowing tale of the men on the edge of madness are by turns compelling and shocking. We feel the blood, sweat and tears of the protagonists and the disturbing images she unveils will linger in the memory.
A wrenching thriller, which describes individuals' madness in a nation gone mad.
by Maria McCann
An Economist: 'Book of the year'.
This remarkable first novel recreates Cromwellian England in a way that few readers will forget.
Torn in two by the vicious civil war , this is an England of extra ordinary, never before seen bloody violence.
Among the soldiers traveling across the ravaged country from one battle to the next is Jacob Cullen, a former servant who dreams of a new life after the war.
However living as the new model army was living did unexpected things to many men, and he finds him self drawn into an obsession with Ferris, a fellow fighter. At a time this type of thing is a hanging offense, the men dessert from Cromwell's army, even that too a similarly punishable act.
McCann's depiction of an England beset by war , the gore, terror, and horrors of the battle field and the harrowing tale of the men on the edge of madness are by turns compelling and shocking. We feel the blood, sweat and tears of the protagonists and the disturbing images she unveils will linger in the memory.
A wrenching thriller, which describes individuals' madness in a nation gone mad.
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